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Yes, this was a source of many problems when firefox moved its history and bookmarking engine to sqlite (I think) which used fsync for consistency guarentees. L
by jldugger 6y ago
Yes, this was a source of many problems when firefox moved its history and bookmarking engine to sqlite (I think) which used fsync for consistency guarentees. Leading to situations where making a bookmight might cause your entire computer to pause as disk writes spin up.
- JNRowe 6y agoLooks like Firefox 3¹, all the way back in 2008! There is a good description of fixes and workarounds on LWN². ¹ http://shaver.off.net/diary/2008/05/25/fsyncers-and-curveballs/ http://shaver.off.net/diary/2008/05/25/fsyncers-and-curvebal... ² https://lwn.net/Articles/328363/ https://lwn.net/Articles/328363/