Re: fsync on large files

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:19:59 GMT


Hi,

On Mon, 01 Feb 1999 23:43:31 +0100, Michael Marxmeier <mike@msede.com>
said:

>> > ... there was a patch from Scott Laird <laird@pacificrim.net> which
>> > reverted to file_fsync() depending on file size

>> That is what 2.2 does, yes. It does improve thing substantially.

> Mind to give me a pointer? I must have missed it.
> The source in buffer.c and ext2/fsync.c looks similar to 2.0.

Ack, you're right, this was reverted somewhere along the line...

--Stephen

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