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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ktempfile
From:       "Jaison Lee" <lee.jaison () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-10-16 18:56:39
Message-ID: 2d720bd30710161156k4e545042wee365e9956c1188d () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 10/16/07, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Guess what. Some gentoo users found a way to speed up konqi, by
> disabling the sync function in ktempfile. Apparently, Konqi syncs a
> lot, and uses the harddrive constantly when webbrowsing. This of
> course is bad for both speed and powerusage.
>
>
> Now I wonder - is this dangerous? And if not, would it be a good idea
> to merge the patch?

I'm assuming the patch does not disable KTempFile::sync and instead
just removes the areas where konqi calls sync, yes? Can we see this
patch?

Konqi needing to call sync() is indeed a little suspicious. There
aren't a lot of scenarios where that is necessary.
 
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