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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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