A known issue
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| Author | Content |
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| Sander_Marechal Mar 12, 2009 5:49 AM EDT |
This looks like the issue Ted Ts'o warned about on FOSDEM: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/lf/view/116126/#ext4 |
| gus3 Mar 12, 2009 11:14 AM EDT |
Gleaning from the Slashdot comments, the headline is misleading. The problem is a collision of ext4's longer commit interval, and KDE's practice of deleting config files before re-writing them on logout. |
| dinotrac Mar 12, 2009 11:47 AM EDT |
Not a bug, but you have to wonder about the wisdom of avoiding underlying performance improvement -- with the work and potential for compatibility issues and bugs that implies -- by stretching the commit interval too much. |
| gus3 Mar 14, 2009 11:30 PM EDT |
For a more detailed follow-up, here is an essay from Ted T'so: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/03/12/delayed-allocation-an... |
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