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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: ksycoca corruption over NFS (Re: Bug#15720: Mounted home dirscause
From:       Alex Zepeda <jazepeda () pacbell ! net>
Date:       2000-11-22 20:40:48
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 10:08:33AM +0100, Stephan Kulow wrote:

> > Yup.  Maybe the mmap code should be turned off by default...
> > 
> The mmap is the whole trick behind ksycoca. If you don't map the sycoca
> database, you add a overhead of quite some KB to every app

Well, FWIW the only issues I know of generally involve writing in some
manner (usually appending) with mmap over NFS.  Reading should be safe.

*scratches head*

I wonder if there's any way to disable writing w/ mmap...

- alex

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