Messages in this thread | | | From | alex.buell@tahallah ... | Date | Wed, 19 May 1999 10:33:57 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: Deletion of big files... |
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> > When a user deletes the files, they do disappear, they just get reassigned > > to krmd and that's it as far as the user is concerned. krmd wakes up at a > > suitable free moment and deletes the queued stuff (maybe we can use the > > timeslice interval to delete n amount of stuff and the go back to sleep, > > wake up again delete another n amount). > > As somone who is chrinically short of hd space I'm begging you not to.
Oh. You're right, it won't work. Guess we'll have to either live with it *or* redesign the VFS so it spawns a thread (once it's got all the arguments it needs) to delete the files and returns immediately.
Yes, this could be workable. Have to watch for SMP races though.
Cheers, Alex -- "A mind opened by new ideas cannot return to its original limits"
http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk
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