coreutils/src/remove.c, branch v7.3

maint: Clarify ambiguous refs to Linux kernels or GNU/Linux systems

2009-04-07T17:57:53Z

* README-prereq: s_linux_GNU/Linux_ or s_linux_Linux kernel_ * README-valgrind: ditto * src/chown-core.c: ditto * src/dd.c: ditto * src/df.c: ditto * src/ls.c: ditto * src/mv.c: ditto * src/pwd.c: ditto * src/remove.c: ditto * src/shred.c: ditto * src/stat.c: ditto * src/su.c: ditto * src/system.h: ditto * src/timeout.c: ditto * src/truncate.c: ditto

reflect gnulib's removal of lstat.h

2008-10-21T06:10:29Z

* src/copy.h: Don't include "lstat.h". * src/ls.c: Likewise. * src/remove.c: Likewise. * src/rm.c: Likewise.

accommodate gnulib header removals

2008-10-19T12:15:31Z

* src/copy.c: Don't include "euidaccess.h" or "lchmod.h". * src/cp.c: Don't include "lchmod.h". * src/ls.c: Don't include "dirfd.h". * src/mkdir.c: Don't include "lchmod.h". * src/pwd.c: Don't include "dirfd.h". * src/remove.c: Don't include "dirfd.h" or "euidaccess.h". * src/test.c: Don't include "euidaccess.h". * gl/modules/getloadavg.diff: Adjust diff for changed context. * src/uptime.c (uptime): Remove declaration.

maint: avoid warnings due to attribute warn_unused_result

2008-10-17T05:06:54Z

Now that a (void) cast no longer suffices to ignore warnings from gcc about uses of functions marked with the warn_unused_result attribute, we need an alternative. For the record, here's one of the ignorable warnings: "copy.c:233: warning: ignoring return value of 'fchown', declared with attribute warn_unused_result" * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Import ignore-value. * src/copy.c: Include "ignore-value.h". (set_owner): Use ignore_value in place of "(void)" casts, to ignore lchown and fchown failures. * src/cp.c (re_protect): Likewise, to ignore lchown failure. * src/remove.c (preprocess_dir): Remove unnecessary "(void)" cast.

remove.c: avoid compile failure on OS/2

2008-10-06T05:31:50Z

* src/remove.c (dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful): Guard also with "#if defined __linux__". Reported by Elbert Pol.

remove.c: allow compilation on cygwin

2008-10-02T11:17:48Z

* src/remove.c (dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful) [!HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE]: Elide definition when there is no point in trying to use it.

remove.c: combine two helper functions, to avoid sign-extension

2008-10-01T10:27:10Z

* src/remove.c (fs_handles_readdir_ordered_dirents_efficiently): Remove function, so as not to have to worry about the type of statfs.f_type and sign extension. (dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful): Adjust comment. Perform the switch directly on the struct.member here, instead. Andreas Schwab spotted the potential for a sign-extension bug, that happens not to bite for the S_* f_type values currently used.

rm: don't preprocess a directory on a file system of type tmpfs or nfs

2008-10-01T07:00:52Z

The preprocessing phase is not necessary on tmpfs, and induces a 20% performance decrease when removing a 2M-entry directory. * src/remove.c (fs_handles_readdir_ordered_dirents_efficiently): (dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful): New functions from gnulib/fts.c. They'll probably become a gnulib module -- eventually. (preprocess_dir): Use dirent_inode_sort_may_be_useful.

remove.c: avoid compiler warning

2008-09-28T00:14:07Z

* src/remove.c (compare_ino, dirent_count) [!HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE]: Mask declaration when unused. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake

rm -r: avoid O(n^2) performance for a directory with very many entries

2008-09-26T22:10:08Z

This enhancement works around a problem that is specific to at least ext3 and ext4 file systems. With them, it would take hours to remove a two-million-entry directory. RAM-backed file systems (tmpfs) are not affected, since there is no seek penalty. * remove.c (rm_malloc, rm_free, compare_ino): New functions. (dirent_count, preprocess_dir): New function. [struct readdir_data]: New struct. (remove_cwd_entries): Call preprocess_dir. * tests/rm/ext3-perf: New file. Test for the performance fix. * NEWS: mention the new feature