GNU bug report logs - #73418
ls (GNU coreutils) 9.4 is extremely slower than ls (GNU coreutils) 8.32 listing files on a cifs mounted share

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Gian Domenico Bonazzoli <gbonazzoli <at> bonaz.it>

Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Gian Domenico Bonazzoli <gbonazzoli <at> bonaz.it>
Cc: 73418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73418: ls (GNU coreutils) 9.4 is extremely slower than ls (GNU coreutils) 8.32 listing files on a cifs mounted share
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 23:14:27 +0100

On 30/09/2024 06:24, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Looking at the current coreutils source, I noticed that 'ls' called
> getxattr when it didn't need to. I installed the attached patch to fix
> some of the issue; more could be done and perhaps I'll find the time.
> Among other things this patch should cause GNU ls to use llistxattr
> instead of listxattr which may make a difference.

I notice that tests/ls/getxattr-speedup.sh is failing now,
which I've not looked into yet.

cheers,
Pádraig
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