On 22/01/2008, Anton Salikhmetov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the seventh version of my solution for the bug #2645: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645 > > Since the previous version, the following has changed: based on > Linus' comment, SMP-safe PTE update implemented. > > Discussions, which followed my past submissions, showed that it was > tempting to approach this problem using very different assumptions. > However, many such designs have proved to be incomplete or inefficient. > > Taking into account the obvious complexity of this problem, I prepared a > design document, the purpose of which is twofold. First, it summarizes > previous attempts to resolve the ctime/mtime issue. Second, it attempts > to prove that what the patches do is necessary and sufficient for mtime > and ctime update provided that we start from a certain sane set of > requirements. The design document is available via the following link: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645#c40 > > For the seventh version, comprehensive performance testing was performed. > The results of performance tests, including numbers, are available here: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645#c43 >
Hi Anton, I applied your patches here and as far as my own test programs go, these patches solve the previously observed problems I saw with mtime not getting updated. Thank you very much for so persistently working on these long standing issues. -- Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
