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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 chris@scary.beasts.org wrote:
>
> Do the -ac kernels have the directory in pagecache patch? If not, it could
> explain why the -ac kernel performed _much_ better for the
> creat()/stat()/unlink() tests in bonnie++.

I think that's because bforget() got disabled during the initial
buffers-in-pacgecache work, and I forgot to re-enable it again. I'll make
a 13pre4, if you want to test.

		Linus

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