Re: e2fs + large disk == slug?

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:09:50 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > Just deleted a 2 Gig file on a Solaris machine. It worked instatntly
> > > but the disk space was freed in background.
> >
> > I thought e2fs was a multithreaded filesystem, isn't it?
>
> Yes

It's just that the rm isn't multithreaded (or the unlink()
for that matter)...

Rik.
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