Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:43:34 +0200 From: Marko Zec <zec@tel.fer.hr> To: Michael Collette <metrol@metrol.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PATCH: Forcible delaying of UFS (soft)updates Message-ID: <3E9C52D5.CFDBE700@tel.fer.hr> References: <200304130216.15475.metrol@metrol.net>
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Michael Collette wrote: > Real world laptop scenario. I just finish downloading my E-Mail. I then take > and put this machine into a suspend mode. Upon awakening the system glitches > for some reason forcing an unexpected system shutdown. > > (Note: I am having this problem now with a Thinkpad T23) > > Did my mail get written to the drive prior to suspending? It should get synched, since the APM daemon by default calls a global sync (not fsync!) a couple of times before suspending, to ensure FS consistency in case the system never resumes successfully. Marko
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