Re: noatime on ufs2

From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek_at_cedro.info>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 01:41:55 UTC
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 1:50 AM Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > Olivier Certner wrote on
> > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:01:48 UTC :
> > > What I'm saying is that, based on others' input so far, my own (long, even if not as long as yours) experience and some late reflection, is that "noatime" should be the default (everywhere, all mounts and all FSes), and that working on "relatime" won't make any real difference for most users (IOW, I think that developing "relatime" is a bad idea *in general*). And I think this is a sufficiently reasonable conclusion that anyone with the same inputs would conclude the same. So, if it's not the case, I would be interested in knowing why, ideally.
> >
> > I never use atime, always noatime, for UFS. That said, I'd never propose
> > changing the long standing defaults for commands and calls. I'd avoid:
>
> .. Very well said Mark ...
>
> Please folks stop tweaking defaults, especially long standing ones,
> if you feel the need for noatime, set it, by all means, I have been
> for 30 years....
>
> .. what Mark said very well removed for brevity ...

+1 :-)

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