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Fsyncers and curveballs (the Firefox 3 fsync() problem)

Fsyncers and curveballs (the Firefox 3 fsync() problem)

Posted May 27, 2008 1:45 UTC (Tue) by stewart (subscriber, #50665)
Parent article: Fsyncers and curveballs (the Firefox 3 fsync() problem)

Some people are using my libeatmydata LD_PRELOAD library (it disables fsync) to work around
the problem... however, it also removes crash-safety, so use with care.


http://www.flamingspork.com/projects/libeatmydata/


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