On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 02:58:27PM +0100, Björn Jacke wrote: > On 2010-12-08 at 11:41 -0800 Jeremy Allison sent off: > > How do I get the patch ? > > ------------------------ > > some additional info on this: for Samba 3.5.x setting "strict allocate > = yes" is already doing that fast preallocation for file allocations > done via the SET_FILE_INFO call - if filesystem, kernel and libc > support that. > > For 3.5 Jeremy's patch adds the feature that preallocation is also > being done for the mentioned 1-byte writes, which is being done by > some applications.
No, you misunderstood. This isn't being done by "some applications", this is being done by the Windows redirector on behalf of an application requesting a large write. That's why this change is so powerful and useful. You don't need to change any Windows apps to get the benefits. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
