On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:39:20AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
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> On Jan 26, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
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> >I could interpret this as running "sync" would put the system in a 
> >state where I could also suspend it, but obviously that's not the case 
> >any longer, with softdep,  and whatever else.
> 
> Just running sync is never enough, because the other applications could 
> still be writing like gangbusters.

That wasn't the point. What if I have a stable non-busy system? sync(8)
lies currently and doesn't force all data out to the disk...

James