Autor: Michael Haardt Datum: To: exim-dev Betreff: Re: [exim-dev] Old topic again: Option to avoid fsync()?
> It is clear that this is a controversial issue. Perhaps the resolution > is to add the option, but require a compile time configuration to
> include the feature. Then it would certainly have zero impact on anybody
> who chose not to include it in the binary. If you have it in the binary
> but do not turn it on, the impact is a flag test every time Exim might
> do an fsync(). I suspect this is a very small cost compared with
> everything else that's going on.
Thanks, that sounds like a perfect solution to me. :)