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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2010-07-14 09:49:16 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2010-07-22 01:03:48 +0100
commit63b5e8164847285f5d3c1dbc9f7c41ad8c17ccc6 (patch)
treead36d7838aa11ba9a3090cf88890de923d61a6ce /gl/modules
parentc88cfffb6cb424c2f2ee8317dd8f546bd8594443 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-63b5e8164847285f5d3c1dbc9f7c41ad8c17ccc6.tar.xz
fadvise: new module providing a simpler interface to posix_fadvise
* bootstrap.conf: Include the new module * gl/lib/fadvise.c: Provide a simpler interface to posix_fadvise. (fadvise): Provide hint to the whole file associated with a stream. (fdadvise): Provide hint to the specific portion of a file associated with a file descriptor. * gl/lib/fadvise.h: Redefine POSIX_FADV_* to FADVISE_* enums. * gl/modules/fadvise: New file. * m4/jm-macros.m4: Remove the no longer needed posix_fadvise check. * .x-sc_program_name: Exclude test-fadvise.c from this check. * gl/tests/test-fadvise (main): New test program. * gl/modules/fadvise-testss: A new index to reference the tests. * src/sort.c (stream_open): Use the new interface. * src/dd.c (iwrite): Likewise.
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+Description:
+Declare an access pattern hint for files.
+
+Files:
+lib/fadvise.c
+lib/fadvise.h
+
+Depends-on:
+ignore-value
+
+configure.ac:
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([posix_fadvise])
+
+Makefile.am:
+lib_SOURCES += fadvise.c fadvise.h
+
+Include:
+"fadvise.h"
+
+License:
+LGPL
+
+Maintainer:
+Pádraig Brady