Backport from RPM 5.4.1 CVS, disabled fsync. Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle diff -ur rpm-5.4.0.orig/CHANGES rpm-5.4.0/CHANGES --- rpm-5.4.0.orig/CHANGES 2010-12-29 07:51:38.000000000 -0600 +++ rpm-5.4.0/CHANGES 2011-02-15 20:54:27.021926840 -0600 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ 5.4.0 -> 5.4.1: + - jbj: remove fsync(2) after file install, its intolerably slow. 5.3.7 -> 5.4.0: - jbj: remove markReplacedFiles. diff -ur rpm-5.4.0.orig/lib/fsm.c rpm-5.4.0/lib/fsm.c --- rpm-5.4.0.orig/lib/fsm.c 2009-12-10 12:52:18.000000000 -0600 +++ rpm-5.4.0/lib/fsm.c 2011-02-15 20:55:04.372938221 -0600 @@ -1017,7 +1017,17 @@ (void) fsmNext(fsm, IOSM_NOTIFY); } +#ifdef DYING +/* Measurements from installing kernel-source package: + * +fsync + * total: 1 0.000000 MB 640.854524 secs + * +fdatasync + * total: 1 0.000000 MB 419.983200 secs + * w/o fsync/fdsatasync: + * total: 1 0.000000 MB 12.492918 secs + */ xx = fsync(Fileno(fsm->wfd)); +#endif if (st->st_size > 0 && (fsm->fdigest || fsm->digest)) { void * digest = NULL;