Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster

Linus Torvalds
2001-10-17T21:45:59Z

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