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Subject: Re: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix
To: akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:31:11 +0000 (GMT)
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> Given that /bin/sync calls write_unlocked_buffers() three times,
> that's good enough.  sync still takes aaaaaages, but it terminates.

Whats wrong with sync not terminating when there is permenantly I/O left ?
Its seems preferably to suprise data loss
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