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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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