Hi Ted, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> 1) Suppose package contains files "a", "b", and "c". Which are you > doing? > > a) extract a.dpkg-new ; fsync(a.dpkg-new); rename(a.dpkg-new, a); > extract b.dpkg-new ; fsync(b.dpkg-new); rename(b.dpkg-new, b); > extract c.dpkg-new ; fsync(c.dpkg-new); rename(c.dpkg-new, c); > > or > > b) extract a.dpkg-new ; fsync(a.dpkg-new); > extract b.dpkg-new ; fsync(b.dpkg-new); > extract c.dpkg-new ; fsync(c.dpkg-new); > rename(a.dpkg-new, a); > rename(b.dpkg-new, b); > rename(c.dpkg-new, c); > > or > > c) extract(a.dpkg-new); > extract(b.dpkg-new); > extract(c.dpkg-new); > fsync(a.dpkg-new); > fsync(b.dpkg-new); > fsync(c.dpkg-new); > rename(a.dpkg-new, a); > rename(b.dpkg-new, b); > rename(c.dpkg-new, c); > > > (c) will perform the best for most file systems, including ext4. [...] > I am guessing you are doing (a) today --- am I right? (c) or (d) > would be best. We are doing (c) today. Regards, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101127075831.gc24...@burratino
