Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:45 -0400
From: Bart Trojanowski <bart@jukie.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: vfat BKL/lock_super regression in v2.6.26-rc3-g8f59342
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* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> [080819 18:19]:
> And I think you hit this issue because you probably mounted the USB stick 
> as a "sync" (or dirsync) mount - which is what some distros do by default, 
> even if it is known to cause problems for some flash cards that don't do a 
> good job at wear levelling.

Hmm... I was considering the costs and benefits of sync mounts.  I don't
care about the performance hit, as I don't move that much data around.
Primarily, I like the fact that I can pull the media out w/o any special
action (which sometimes requires that I unlock my screensaver first).
But, on the other hand, it's nice to have the media last longer.

So, maybe it would be a good idea to have a 'delaysync=60' to force a
sync after 60 seconds of inactivity.  Unless, there is something else
that would do that for me already.

Thoughts?

-Bart

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