Motorola bet on faster IO, increasing risk of data-corruptions
I need to follow up on my blog post re Pixel lagging more than Moto Z. Sorry about the click-baity title of the previous blog, but that was a way to get noticed and get some help.
I am really thankful for the [small percentage of] thoughtful feedback I received.
Turns out Motorola uses the F2FS + nobarrier mount option to speed up writes to NAND. nobarrier does not turn fsync is a no-op.
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