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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: fsync() madness
From:       Sami Liedes <sliedes () cc ! hut ! fi>
Date:       2008-04-21 16:29:58
Message-ID: 20080421162958.GN8760 () nun4 ! kyla ! fi
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:01:35PM +0200, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Before discussing patches, we should agree which functionality to
> change. Is it considered acceptable to change the behavior of
> KTempFile, or should only the behavior of Konqueror's history saving
> be changed ?

It's not only Konqueror. It's things like kded syncing every now and
then, spinning up the hard drive for laptops, resulting in both a long
delay and reduced battery life. On desktops only truly excessive
syncing is noticeable, but on laptops even one redundant fsync() makes
a difference.

	Sami

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