X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4C094AAA.40902@cygwin.com> References: <20100603235944.GA12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100604024422.GB12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <78e7b77657c0cfcd63dc22ad9679bc85.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <20100604045807.GC12167@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <2570318aabfa537bf24c8d3a55f9dcd4.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <4C092F96.5040800@cygwin.com> <7a1785a5f0a1d0a8956cd10e573f2e53.squirrel@www.webmail.wingert.org> <4C0933BD.2060701@redhat.com> <20100604182046.GA17385@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C094AAA.40902@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:19:14 -0700 Subject: Re: Cygwin Performance and stat() From: "Christopher Wingert" To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com See further down the thread, the right solution is to impact ALL cygwin executables, but I don't have the experience in the dll to make those changes. > On 6/4/2010 2:20 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> "But providing a variant of stat() along the lines of what you propose >>> above is not practical for all the reasons already stated." >> This is not something that I said. That was actually Larry Hall. > > Heh. Who needs him anyway! > > Just to clarify, this comment was in response to Chris Wingerts' assertion > () that it would be > worthwhile to provide some kind of switch to selectively disable the > expensive parts of stat(). And my point was that this had already been > discounted as a transparent way of addressing the performance problem > because it would still be up to the user or application to determine when > to make this trade-off > (). > This is the same conclusion Chris Wingert has now come to as well and > stated > in : > > All that being said, I think the best solution is not to optimize the > dll > stat(), but to do it at the executable level. I see that Cygwin > already > has some level of patches at this level, it shouldn't be too difficult > to > support. > > So we're all back on the same page now. :-) > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple