Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760459AbYAVAcu (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:32:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756564AbYAVAcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:32:41 -0500 Received: from smtp04.mtu.ru ([62.5.255.51]:64068 "EHLO smtp04.mtu.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755284AbYAVAcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:32:41 -0500 From: Anton Salikhmetov To: linux-mm@kvack.org, jakob@unthought.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu, riel@redhat.com, ksm@42.dk, staubach@redhat.com, jesper.juhl@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, akpm@linux-foundation.org, protasnb@gmail.com, miklos@szeredi.hu, r.e.wolff@bitwizard.nl, hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, hch@infradead.org Subject: [PATCH -v7 0/2] Fixing the issue with memory-mapped file times Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:32:34 +0300 Message-Id: <12009619562023-git-send-email-salikhmetov@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.4.4.4 X-DCC-STREAM-Metrics: smtp04.mtu.ru 10001; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 29 This is the seventh version of my solution for the bug #2645: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645 Since the previous version, the following has changed: based on Linus' comment, SMP-safe PTE update implemented. Discussions, which followed my past submissions, showed that it was tempting to approach this problem using very different assumptions. However, many such designs have proved to be incomplete or inefficient. Taking into account the obvious complexity of this problem, I prepared a design document, the purpose of which is twofold. First, it summarizes previous attempts to resolve the ctime/mtime issue. Second, it attempts to prove that what the patches do is necessary and sufficient for mtime and ctime update provided that we start from a certain sane set of requirements. The design document is available via the following link: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645#c40 For the seventh version, comprehensive performance testing was performed. The results of performance tests, including numbers, are available here: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2645#c43 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/