From: Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>
To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] base-files: add noatime to rootfs mount options
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:48:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gqnn72$f5t$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1237150071-24115-1-git-send-email-mad_soft@inbox.ru>
On 15-03-09 21:47, Dmitry Artamonow wrote:
> In most machines' fstabs rootfs mounted with 'defaults' option.
> This implies that atime logging is on - i.e. on every read from
> filesystem kernel writes atime stamp to files' metadata.
> Here in embedded world, where rootfs is usually stored on some
> kind of flash (internal NAND/NOR, or external SD/MMC/CF card)
> it is a real problem, because higher number of writes causes
> flash wearing, higher system load and higher chance of filesystem
> corruption.
>
> Fix it by adding noatime to rootfs mount options in fstab.
Isn't 'relatime' a better option?
regards,
Koen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-29 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-15 20:47 [PATCH/RFC] base-files: add noatime to rootfs mount options Dmitry Artamonow
2009-03-16 0:08 ` Stanislav Brabec
2009-03-29 10:39 ` Dmitry Artamonow
2009-03-16 15:43 ` Florian Boor
2009-03-29 11:48 ` Koen Kooi [this message]
2009-04-04 9:09 ` Dmitry Artamonow
2009-04-04 17:53 ` Otavio Salvador
2009-04-15 10:21 ` Dmitry Artamonow
2009-04-15 10:27 ` [PATCH] base-files: add relatime " Dmitry Artamonow
2009-04-15 11:02 ` Koen Kooi
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