For each line written to the file, to be exact.
> longer and longer to complete. I don't know whether to consider this
> an inefficiency in the fsync() implementation or poor behavior on the
> part of syslogd for calling fsync() so often... We avoid this problem
> by keeping our log files trimmed (via chklogs).
>
We solved the problem by removing the fsync() call from syslogd, installing
the serial console patch, and logging the crashes (assuming there are any)
on another system (with an 8-port dumb serial card dedicated to that
purpose).
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