Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: Ext2 speedup (No atime update) | Date | Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:00:58 -0400 (EDT) |
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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kaliban.csoma.elte.hu> > On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > [ about the "no atime update" mount option ] > > > It would probably be best implemented as an inherited ext2 attribute > > then. Stick it on the news spool directory, and maybe those few files > > that keep the laptop owner's disks spinning. > > i think it's the best to have it as a mount option :) it's not
I should be able to specify the default for a filesystem as a mount option, then set an attribute to include/exclude directories as I choose. Perhaps I have one partition for the whole system, and I want it to be fast. I want atime to work for /var/spool/mail. I want to let users turn on atime for their own directories and files, but it should be disabled by default. I want to enable atime in /tmp, but then users should be able to turn it off.
Looks like it needs to be a bit that can be turned on and off, and which is inherited from the parent directory. If chattr affects the mounted filesystem at a mount point, then an attribute alone should be good enough.
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