Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:10:27 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20070721021027.GG45894@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200707201706.l6KH6vaQ000567@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200707201706.l6KH6vaQ000567@repoman.freebsd.org>
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* Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> [070720 10:06] wrote: > bde 2007-07-20 17:06:57 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vnops.c > Log: > Implement vfs clustering for msdosfs. ... > msdosfs is now only slightly slower than ffs with soft updates for > writing and slightly faster for reading when both use their best block > sizes. Writing is slower for msdosfs because of more sync writes. > Reading is faster for msdosfs because indirect blocks interfere with > clustering in ffs. Very cool, is there any merit for modifying ffs to reallocblks for indirect blocks? Or does that not apply? Basically, attempt to keep indirect blocks closeby to either each other or possibly the direct blocks they reference? -- - Alfred Perlstein
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