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Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr
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Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr


  • Subject: Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr
  • From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:22:22 +0200

> The volume ID is at a higher layer, but the enumeration code attempts to
> retrieve the value less than once per URL returned. That said, if the
> directory hierarchy has few items per directory, the number of times it is
> retrieved will be higher. You can write a bug report and I'll look to see
> if there are ways to improve the performance.
>

As I just wrote, going with your proposed enumeratorAtURL: method takes
care of that already. I may still write a report, and will let you know if
I do.

Though I still haven't gotten to see if I can speed up recursive search by
using multiple threads for each directory read. If that helps, then I
cannot use enumeratorAtURL for that but would have to revert to classic
recursion, and which point the volumeID checking comes into play again
(but, with only checking it whenever I enter a dir, it'll be less of an
impact).


> In the meantime, there's something you could do to improve the performance
> (even if our code changes). You can get the volumeIdentifier for the
> directory you start enumerating from. It will be the same for the entire
> enumeration except when directories are seen on other file systems (today,
> that's volume mount points and mount triggers). Like this:
>

I already do that in my actual working code. I was just showing this more
inefficient way of ALWAYS getting the value in order to demonstrate its
performance impact.

It used to be based on heavily modified fts(3). I rewrote it for Mojave to
> improve the memory footprint. It uses getattrlistbulk()for everything
> except when ti sees a mount point, and then it calls getattrlist on the
> mount point path to get the attributes from the other file system's root
> directory.
>

Glad to see you're still on top of it.

Thomas
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 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>)
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 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>)
 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Jim Luther <email@hidden>)
 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>)
 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Jim Luther <email@hidden>)
 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>)
 >Re: readdir vs. getdirentriesattr (From: Jim Luther <email@hidden>)

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