Re: Removing softdep

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 08:42:24PM -0700, Gary Thorpe wrote:
 > > I'm not convinced of that, at least on a desktop, laptop, or
 > > non-heavily-loaded-server where the disk has a reasonable frequency of
 > > idle periods.
 > 
 > Both softdep and journaling assume that you can order at least some
 > writes [...]

Yes, which is why they break down under such circumstances. I have
something else in mind entirely. It is a research project. Don't hold
your breath. :-/

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David A. Holland
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