On 07.09.2015 09:38, Ivan Zhakov wrote:
> On 7 September 2015 at 10:30, Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
>> On 07.09.2015 09:15, ivan_at_apache.org wrote:
>>> Author: ivan
>>> Date: Mon Sep 7 07:15:25 2015
>>> New Revision: 1701564
>>>
>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1701564
>>> Log:
>>> Reduce difference between Windows and non-Windows implementation of
>>> install_stream.
>>>
>>> * subversion/libsvn_subr/stream.c
>>> (install_close): Remove #ifdef WIN32
>>> (svn_stream__create_for_install): Always setup flush on close stream
>>> handler.
>>> (svn_stream__install_stream): Close temporary file before rename on all
>>> platforms.
>>> (svn_stream__install_get_info): Obtain file info from file handle on all
>>> platforms.
>>> (svn_stream__install_delete): Close temporary file before delete on all
>>> platforms.
>>
>> Why do you think this is a good idea? I know you can't move/delete an
>> open file on Windows without jumping through hoops that APR doesn't
>> provide, but you certainly can do that on Unix and if memory serves,
>> that actually helps performance in some cases where remote file systems
>> are involved.
>>
> Before this patch temporary file was closed anyway before
> rename/delete in svn_stream_close() handler for temporary file on
> non-Windows platform. Windows specific code postponed this to
> rename/delete stage. The r1701564 makes this code the same on Windows
> and non-Windows.
Yes, I understand that; what I don't understand is why you think this
change was necessary. AFAIK it just causes a slight performance hit on
Unix platforms with remote file systems.
-- Brane
Received on 2015-09-07 10:46:44 CEST