On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Alexander Viro wrote:
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> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Chris Mason wrote:
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> > In both releases, there is locking on the tail to prevent races, and we
> > don't bother with tails on files > 16k (configurable).
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> What granularity do you have? (for tail size, that is).
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>From 1 byte to almost the blocksize (4k). But, there is a macro for
deciding when to use a tail, which varies it based on the file size. If
the file > 12k, it won't have a tail bigger than 1k, an 8k file won't have
a tail bigger than 2k.
Of course, this is just a guess about the right balance between space and
performance...
-chris
