Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:23:51 -0800 From: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)" <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Olivier Certner <olce@freebsd.org> Cc: Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: noatime on ufs2 Message-ID: <a5e3a25e0d57d1a9@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <4014880.cjyAsbXg9l@ravel> References: <ZZqmmM-6f606bLJx@int21h> <a5e38bfbabd37084@orthanc.ca> <CAM5tNy4HuHb=GpQXvE4h2NC8_azOwDS3H7wY3UK%2BcE07owPr3A@mail.gmail.com> <4014880.cjyAsbXg9l@ravel>
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> > I do not have a strong opinion w.r.t. atime, but I do believe that > > changing the default would be a POLA violation. I'm not prepared to just accept that at face value. I can't think of a single instance in at least the last three decades where I have actually used or needed atime for *anything*. And over that time period I have been responsible for running hundreds of UNIX servers. I'm really interested in hearing from people who actively use atime on a regular basis for non-trivial purposes. What are the modern use cases for atime? --lyndon
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