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Re: rm -rf: avoid ext3/4 O(N^2) performance hit, further librarify remov


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: rm -rf: avoid ext3/4 O(N^2) performance hit, further librarify remove.c
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:40:44 +0200
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Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> If it takes more than 1 minute, that's deemed a failure.

This is a bad assumption.  There are many factors that influence real
execution time, independent on the cpu time.

Andreas.

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