Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-49,: Re: atomicity

# Re: atomicity

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
8 Dec 1998 18:57:56 -0800

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>> Is there a way for a program to make a section of code atomic? I think
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In article <linux.kernel.m0zmNHr-0007U1C@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
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>No
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>> So the defragmenter flipped around parts of the disk without anybody
>> else caring. With the defragger running as an idle-process only when
>> the system load is low, it can effectively keep the disk at near-zero
>> fragmentation without serious slow-down.
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>With ext2fs you should never need a defragmenter

Except that ext2fs is not the only filesystem in the woods. If the
user is running on a vfat or msdos filesystem, they might want to
have a defragger running periodically to sweep things up.

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david parsons \bi/ And a ext2fs defragger might be useful for migrating
\/ data from spindle to spindle on a disk array.

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