On Sat, 4 August 2007 21:21:30 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Jörn Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I actually vote for that. IMO, distros should turn -on- atime > > > updates when they know its needed. > > > > If you mean "relatime" I concur. "noatime" hurts mutt and others > > while "relatime" has no known problems, afaics. > > so ... one app can keep 30,000+ apps hostage? > > i use Mutt myself, on such a filesystem: > > /dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr) > > and i can see no problems, it notices new mails just fine.
Given the choice between only "atime" and "noatime" I'd agree with you. Heck, I use it myself. But "relatime" seems to combine the best of both worlds. It currently just suffers from mount not supporting it in any relevant distro. Jörn -- Joern's library part 2: http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/tirix/embarrassing-memo.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
