Re: [PATCH] ls -i: print consistent inode numbers also for mount points

[Eric Blake]

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According to Ondřej Vašík on 8/31/2009 7:07 AM:
>> It's a shame to have to pessimize ls -i performance, even by this
>> small amount on linux-based kernels, but correctness definitely
>> trumps performance, here.
> 
> Yep, it has some performance impact...
> checked `time ./ls -i1R /home /dev /usr /var /lib >myinodes with
> approximate number of 31k dirs, 450k files on ext3
> 
> and results are
> old binary without the patch:
> real    2m5.631s
> user    0m3.012s
> sys     0m4.815s
> 
> new binary:
> real    6m8.560s
> user    0m3.947s
> sys     0m30.572s

Have we reported this to the Linux developers, along with chapter and
verse of POSIX 2008 which shows they are non-compliant?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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