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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:05:41 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> > But if you set m > 0, the filesystem will become full sooner, so |
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> > fragmentation will begin sooner (for non-root processes). |
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> Uh, really? I wouldn't think so. With m > 0, there is much space left, |
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> in large contiguous chunks, even though the user cannot use it all. But |
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> there should be no difference between writing files in terms of |
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> fragmentation. The reserved stuff acts just like a quota, at least |
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> that's what I always thought. |
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Yeah, that makes sense, so why should the reserved setting affect |
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fragmentation at all, unless you write so much data that the filesystem |
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would be full with a larger m? In that case, I'd prefer fragmentation to |
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a failed write. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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