From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 7 23:35: 5 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 23:35:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dayspring.firedrake.org (dayspring.firedrake.org [195.82.105.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70FF337B401 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:35:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from float by dayspring.firedrake.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 144I3Q-0008HE-00; Fri, 08 Dec 2000 07:34:52 +0000 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:34:52 +0000 To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: soft-updates question Message-ID: <20001208073452.A31732@firedrake.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i From: void Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When compiling a kernel, I am seeing synchronous writes on a filesystem that's got soft-updates set. Two a second, six a second, zero a second -- never a whole lot, but enough to make me wonder. How come? What are the conditions when a soft-updates filesystem writes synchronously? -- Ben 220 go.ahead.make.my.day ESMTP Postfix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message