> > Given that /bin/sync calls write_unlocked_buffers() three times,
> > that's good enough. sync still takes aaaaaages, but it terminates.
>
> Whats wrong with sync not terminating when there is permenantly I/O
> left ?
I've seen it get stuck for half an hour. This was not
during a test, but on a real server which was in a busy
period...
> Its seems preferably to suprise data loss
The data isn't lost, it'll simply get written out to
disk later.
cheers,
Rik
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