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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Use git_open_noatime when accessing pack data

From
Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Nov 4, 2010, 05:23 UTC
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<95C8862A-11A8-436C-AAD9-C231DA2BC3E4@sb.org>
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On Nov 3, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> I guess I should put it another way.  What if anything does readonly
> have to do with O_NOATIME?  Why shouldn't we always use O_NOATIME?
> Why should the operating system provide atime at all?

atime is useful for user-level files that are opened or modified as a direct result of actions the user took. I don't think a took like git has any reason to ever want to touch atime.

-Kevin Ballard
Previous: Jonathan NiederNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 7 of 11 in “Work around too many file descriptors”
  1. 0/2 Work around too many file descriptorsShawn O. Pearce, Nov 1, 2010
  2. 1/2 Use git_open_noatime when accessing pack dataShawn O. Pearce, Nov 1, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederNov 3, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederNov 4, 2010
  7. Kevin BallardNov 4, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 5, 2010
  9. 2/2 Work around EMFILE when there are too many pack filesShawn O. Pearce, Nov 1, 2010
  10. Johannes SixtNov 2, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2010

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