From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id q1DI6kqk029749 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:06:46 -0600 Received: from smtprelay05.ispgateway.de (smtprelay05.ispgateway.de [80.67.31.94]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id fRH0nAF0F15hwNxd for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:06:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F395134.8030202@cape-horn-eng.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:06:44 +0100 From: Richard Ems MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: XFS unlink still slow on 3.1.9 kernel ? References: <4F394116.8080200@cape-horn-eng.com> <20120213170825.GA7197@infradead.org> <4F394442.9020307@cape-horn-eng.com> <20120213171556.GA13449@infradead.org> <4F3947D6.5060402@cape-horn-eng.com> <20120213172937.GA25248@infradead.org> <4F394E10.9000804@cape-horn-eng.com> <20120213180220.GA24163@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20120213180220.GA24163@infradead.org> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com On 02/13/2012 07:02 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 06:53:20PM +0100, Richard Ems wrote: >> I will try to install a > 3.2 kernel and will create new XFS partitions >> with "-i size=3D1024", since we use ACLs a lot for user access. >> Is there a chance to change existing XFS partitions to "-i size=3D1024" ? > = > Unfortunately not. Note that the speedups in 3.2 only matter for > out of line attributes - once you store the ACLs inside the inode the > code that makes it dog slow in old kernels is never used. Ok, I see, many thanks. So 1. use kernels > 3.2, if XFS partition was not created using "-i size=3D102= 4" 2. if XFS partition was created using "-i size=3D1024", kernels < 3.2 will also be fast while unlinking files with out of line attributes Right? Thanks, Richard -- = Richard Ems mail: Richard.Ems@Cape-Horn-Eng.com Cape Horn Engineering S.L. C/ Dr. J.J. D=F3mine 1, 5=BA piso 46011 Valencia Tel : +34 96 3242923 / Fax 924 http://www.cape-horn-eng.com _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs