On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 07:50:23PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:35:54AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > 1) Switch back from sync() to fsync() before rename() (while keeping > > the sync() code around for the benefit of other distributions > > that might not want to switch just yet). So to avoid unrelated > > I/O when there's background work being done for example. This > > hack also only works on Linux where sync() is synchronous, so > > it would unify that code path for all dpkg supported platforms. > > > > Bug: #588339 > > > > <http://git.hadrons.org/?p=debian/dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=87740373> > I'm still not sure we have all needed information. Would you mind doing > a matrix what this change would cause? I.e. if we get performance > regressions on ext4, btrfs or even ext3 with the squeeze kernel (we're > really only interested in that one, not some random other revision) > or if we even get data safety regressions. I also forgot to throw nfs into the picture. Kind regards, Philipp Kern
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