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Over the last two years Kirk McKusick has been working on something |
Over the last two years Kirk McKusick has been working on something |
called "soft updates". This is based on an idea proposed by Greg |
called "soft updates". This is based on an idea proposed by Greg |
Ganger and Yale Patt that imposing a partial ordering on the buffer |
Ganger and Yale Patt that imposing a partial ordering on the buffer |
cache operations would permit the requirement for syncronous writing |
cache operations would permit the requirement for synchronous writing |
of directory entries to be removed from the FFS code. Thus, a large |
of directory entries to be removed from the FFS code. Thus, a large |
performance increase of disk writing performance. |
performance increase of disk writing performance. |
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