Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?

[L A Walsh]

Not laptop, 2-CPU workstation used as home "server". :-)



Andi Kleen wrote:

> L A Walsh <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>  
>
> > Now I know it takes a while before data may end up on disk and that it
> > may not go out to disk in an ordered fashion, but 2-3 days?  This isn't
> > a case of a multi-extent file.  My current fstab is only 1335 bytes long.
> > I doubt it has ever been more than 2.
> >    
>
> Is this perhaps on a laptop? Some scripts for laptop use configure
> insanely long data flush times to conserve HD spin time. Sometimes
> it is even completely turned off (laptop mode). The extent 
> flush is dependent on the configured bdflush or pdflushd data
> timeouts.
>
> The truncate is independent from this because it is flushed with a 
> different path.
>
> -Andi
>
>
>  
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