From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.16]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14VbKn-0001vl-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:37:42 -0700 Received: from fwd07.sul.t-online.com by mailout00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14VbLn-0000J8-00; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:38:43 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.136]) by fwd07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14VbKk-20imK8C; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:37:38 +0100 Received: (qmail 31124 invoked by uid 0); 21 Feb 2001 18:18:55 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 21 Feb 2001 18:18:55 -0000 Message-ID: <3A93DA8C.95413AEF@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------4DFDEA065BD7F206F8AC83B9" X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Subject: [gentoo-dev] [Fwd: [reiserfs-list] glibc check problem on reiserfs] Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Feb 21 08:38:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:11:08 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 73660d02-618d-4215-a115-5ed7a3916bf8 X-Archives-Hash: 6ebc402cb674a7816b8c16ca83553bc5 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4DFDEA065BD7F206F8AC83B9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just for your information. achim~ --------------4DFDEA065BD7F206F8AC83B9 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Delivered-To: achim@helios.bagwan Received: (qmail 31003 invoked by uid 0); 21 Feb 2001 17:43:54 -0000 Delivered-To: p10202299@pop.primekom.net Received: from ns1.primekom.net [213.139.94.3] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.4.4) for achim@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:43:54 +0000 (/etc/localtime) Received: (qmail 16420 invoked by uid 1020); 21 Feb 2001 14:55:48 -0000 Delivered-To: vdom1020-achim.gottinger@gottinger.de Received: (qmail 16417 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2001 14:55:47 -0000 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com (212.16.0.238) by ns1.primekom.net with SMTP; 21 Feb 2001 14:55:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 29319 invoked by uid 501); 21 Feb 2001 14:55:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact reiserfs-list-help@namesys.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list reiserfs-list@namesys.com Received: (qmail 29311 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2001 14:55:47 -0000 Sender: root@namesys.com Message-ID: <3A93CF1E.49C022C7@namesys.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:22:22 +0300 From: Hans Reiser Organization: Namesys X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Xuan Baldauf CC: Chris Wedgwood , achim@gentoo.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com References: <3A8EF833.F38AA48B@gottinger.de> <01021910091202.00754@lyta> <3A90E280.A795AC58@gottinger.de> <20010220131800.A1502@metastasis.f00f.org> <3A91B93C.AF31594A@baldauf.org> <20010220194833.A2011@metastasis.f00f.org> <3A921D7F.F1E6CC6A@gottinger.de> <20010221001938.A2328@metastasis.f00f.org> <3A925829.B19D227B@baldauf.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] glibc check problem on reiserfs X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Xuan Baldauf wrote: > > Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:32:15AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: > > > > On an ext2 partition this test runs in under a second and it does > > not hurt people using ext2 to increase the timeout as long as no > > other issues fail the test. > > > > The fact it takes over 10 times longer for reiserfs to be indicates > > it's behavior is not only undesirable but a bug. > > > > Sparse files are real -- the are used often in some places. This > > really does need to be 'fixed' some way or another. > > > > --cw > > How is reiserfs creating files with only ones '1' (e.g. 0xFF-bytes) > compared to ext2? :-) Both cases (0x00-bytes and 0xFF-bytes) are special > cases. I don't think that it's a bug to be not optimized for some special > cases, it's just undesirable. How does FAT or NTFS perform on creating > files with 0x00-bytes and 0xFF bytes? :-) > > This does not mean that reiserfs should not be optimized for sparse > files, but as long as it works (albeit suboptimal), it works. > > Wether bug or not, it should be solved. :-) > > Xuân. It will be solved in v4. Extents missed code freeze. Mason's proposed solution is an interesting one though. Not to be done until we leave code freeze though. Hans --------------4DFDEA065BD7F206F8AC83B9--