From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932386AbWCFWJD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:09:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932388AbWCFWJD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:09:03 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:36787 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932386AbWCFWJA (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:09:00 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: [OT] inotify hack for locate Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:08:28 +0000 Message-ID: References: <35fb2e590603051336t5d8d7e93i986109bc16a8ec38@mail.gmail.com> <1141594983.14714.121.camel@mindpipe> <20060305230821.GA20768@kvack.org> <20060306215332.GA4836@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.153.166.94 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.15 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pcZOr8hyeCxbQH7jocHEiQnPSp8= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek writes: > On Ne 05-03-06 23:30:09, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: >> Benjamin LaHaise writes: >> >> > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:43:03PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: >> >> updatedb runs at nice 20 on most distros, and with the CFQ scheduler the >> >> IO priority follows the nice value, so why does it still kill the >> >> machine? >> > >> > Running updatedb on a laptop when you're sitting in an airplane running >> > off of batteries is Not Nice to the user. I know, I've had it happen far >> > too many times. >> >> Running updatedb only if AC powered shouldn't be too difficult. > > That makes locate useless on some machines. I have sharp zaurus C3000 > here... It is either powered on *or* connected on AC, but very rarely > connected to ac while turned on. Well, its power plug located at weird > place and old software version that prevents charging while turned on > is contributory factor, but... OK, although that surely must be an exception. Most laptops run happily with AC connected, and the current power source is easily obtained from some file in /proc that I've forgotten the name of. -- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com