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Re: [PATCH] Avoid running lstat(2) on the same cache entry.

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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Jan 20, 2008, 10:33 UTC
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On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:48 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>> I bet you'll see a much bigger performance improvement from this on
>> Windows in particular.
>
> I bet so, too.  Traditionally, filesystem calls are painfully slow on
> Windows.
>
> But I cannot test before Monday, so I would not be mad if somebody  
> else
> could perform some tests on Windows.

Has someone collected the whole series on a topic branch? I did not follow the discussion closely and apparently more than Linus' patch is needed. I couldn't immediately figure out which of the patches from the thread should be applied in what order.

	Steffen
Previous: Linus TorvaldsNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 10 of 26 in “Updated in-memory index cleanup”
  1. Linus TorvaldsJan 19, 2008
  2. index: be careful when handling long namesJunio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2008
  3. Avoid running lstat(2) on the same cache entry.Junio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2008
  4. Linus TorvaldsJan 19, 2008
  5. Linus TorvaldsJan 19, 2008
  6. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2008
  9. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  10. Steffen ProhaskaJan 20, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2008
  13. Steffen ProhaskaJan 20, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2008
  15. Also use unpack_trees() in do_diff_cache()Johannes Schindelin, Jan 20, 2008
  16. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  17. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2008
  19. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinJan 21, 2008
  21. Try to resurrect the handling for 'diff-index -m'Johannes Schindelin, Jan 20, 2008
  22. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  23. Brian DowningJan 20, 2008
  24. Steffen ProhaskaJan 20, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsJan 20, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2008

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