Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:54:40 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: void <float@firedrake.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft-updates question Message-ID: <20001207235440.J16205@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20001208073452.A31732@firedrake.org>; from float@firedrake.org on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 07:34:52AM %2B0000 References: <20001208073452.A31732@firedrake.org>
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* void <float@firedrake.org> [001207 23:35] wrote: > When compiling a kernel, I am seeing synchronous writes on a filesystem > that's got soft-updates set. Two a second, six a second, zero a second > -- never a whole lot, but enough to make me wonder. > > How come? What are the conditions when a soft-updates filesystem writes > synchronously? It's described in the softupdates paper, see the readme files. One instance is shrinking a file but not down to zero bytes. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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