Re: [HACKERS] O_NOATIME

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Mayer
Tom Lane wrote: > Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Tom Lane wrote: >>> Isn't that usually, and more portably, handled in the filesystem >>> mount options? > >> Yes to both. I could imagine that for small systems/workstations >> you might have some files that want access time, and others t

Re: [HACKERS] O_NOATIME

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Lane
Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Isn't that usually, and more portably, handled in the filesystem >> mount options? > Yes to both. I could imagine that for small systems/workstations > you might have some files that want access time, and others that > wanted NOATIME -- i

Re: [HACKERS] O_NOATIME

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Mayer
Tom Lane wrote: > Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Would people be interested in a trivial patch that adds O_NOATIME >> to open() for platforms that support it? (apparently Linux 2.6.8 >> and better). > > Isn't that usually, and more portably, handled in the filesystem > mount options? Y

Re: [HACKERS] O_NOATIME

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Lane
Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would people be interested in a trivial patch that adds O_NOATIME > to open() for platforms that support it? (apparently Linux 2.6.8 > and better). Isn't that usually, and more portably, handled in the filesystem mount options? rega

[HACKERS] O_NOATIME

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Mayer
Would people be interested in a trivial patch that adds O_NOATIME to open() for platforms that support it? (apparently Linux 2.6.8 and better). It seems to work here, feels harmless to me (an easy ifdef to check if it's there), and seems it would theoretically help, though I don't notice a consis