Re: syncing the disks when entering sleep

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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:38 PM
>   To: Leisner, Martin
>   Cc: Nigel Cunningham; linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re:  syncing the disks when entering sleep
>   
>   On Friday 22 January 2010, Leisner, Martin wrote:
>   > To clarify what I proposed:
>   >
>   > if(user sets knobs)
>   >     if(disk is spun up)
>   >          sync
>   >
>   > currently the algorithm is
>   >
>   >     sync
>   
>   Yes, but Nigel said it should be
>   
>   if(user knob is unset)
>             sync
>   
>   which I agree with.
>   
>   [BTW, please don't top-post in future.]
>   
>   Rafael

if(knob is set) {
    if(disk is spun up)
       sync
} else sync

The spinup of the disk can have a very noticeable amount of time...if the user doesn't care about syncing, then the top is preferred...


marty
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