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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:54:03 -0600
From: Ram Gupta <ram.gupta5@gmail.com>
To: kapil a <kapilann@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: file system question
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On 2/9/06, kapil a <kapilann@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am only sending the relevant stuff.
>
> My strace output :
>
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=48, ...}) = 0
> fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> getdents64(3, /* 3 entries */, 4096)    = 80
> getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
> close(3)                                = 0
> exit_group(0)
>
> strace output on a partition under ext2
>
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
> fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> getdents64(3, /* 4 entries */, 4096)    = 104
> getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0


Why dont you write a simple program which makes call to
open,read,write & others you want to test. That  would not make these
unnecessary  calls.

Regards
Ram Gupta