Re: Once again
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:40:46 +1000
Jamie Lokier writes:
> Richard Gooch wrote:
> > I don't see why these serial numbers are useful. With my VFS poll
> > patch, you can be informed when an inode is written to since the last
> > poll(). Doesn't that take care of everything?
>
> Yes w.r.t. detecting changes in a browser that has fds open.
> In fact your solution works wheres the serial numbers don't :-)
>
> But the serial numbers have a different use: persistent tracking of
> changed files. E.g. to speed up recursive makes, and to spot changed
> files where a checksum would normally be required.
> See also the thread "Detecting changed files for JIT/metadata cacheing".
>
> So you're right but there's an separate problem.
OK. Yep, different problem entirely. There seems to be mixing of two
different threads :-)
Regards,
Richard....
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