Re: [rfc] Ignore Fsync Calls in Laptop_Mode

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Tue May 31 2011 - 04:23:10 EST


On Mon, 30 May 2011 23:24:03 +0200, "D. Jansen" said:

> > do you really have so many fsync's going on that the disk spins up so much
> > that you would gain 10-20% battery life?
>
> Yes. Every autosave in LibreOffice triggers one. And I want autosave,
> but I want them in memory, not on disk.

I think what you want from autosave isn't what the LibreOffice team wants
from autosave. Remember, if they're in memory, they aren't *really* saved.

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