Le jeudi 12 mai 2005 à 18:32 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > > You said it: there is a cache. After the first access, the directory > > will be in the cache. Making all of this a purely imaginary problem. > > The whole directory is in the cache? I don't think so. Remember, > that in between each lookup, a library gets searched, which probably > flushes the entire cache.
Currently, on my 256 MB machine, the kernel is using 60 MB for the cache. I think this is enough to include a few directory blocks, especially some as frequently used as /usr/lib. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom