[blivet:master 05/20] Avoid using Size constant in FileDevice._create().
Vratislav Podzimek
vpodzime at redhat.com
Mon Jan 5 13:07:34 UTC 2015
On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 07:49 -0500, Anne Mulhern wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vratislav Podzimek" <vpodzime at redhat.com>
> > To: "anaconda patch review" <anaconda-patches at lists.fedorahosted.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 2:51:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [blivet:master 05/20] Avoid using Size constant in FileDevice._create().
> >
> > On Tue, 2014-12-23 at 18:42 -0500, mulhern wrote:
> > > It makes the code a little bit awkward and busy and the name MiB
> > > will conflict with some size constants defined in subsequent patch.
> > > New code is an order of magnitude more efficient, which is a bonus.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: mulhern <amulhern at redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > > blivet/devices/file.py | 8 +++-----
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/blivet/devices/file.py b/blivet/devices/file.py
> > > index da231c5..628853d 100644
> > > --- a/blivet/devices/file.py
> > > +++ b/blivet/devices/file.py
> > > @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import os
> > >
> > > from .. import util
> > > from ..storage_log import log_method_call
> > > -from ..size import Size
> > >
> > > import logging
> > > log = logging.getLogger("blivet")
> > > @@ -98,12 +97,11 @@ class FileDevice(StorageDevice):
> > > fd = os.open(self.path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_TRUNC)
> > > # all this fuss is so we write the zeros 1MiB at a time
> > > zero = "\0"
> > > - MiB = Size("1 MiB")
> > > - count = int(self.size.convertTo(spec="MiB"))
> > > - rem = self.size % MiB
> > > + block_size = 1024 ** 2
> > > + (count, rem) = divmod(int(self.size), block_size)
> > >
> > > for _n in range(count):
> > > - os.write(fd, zero * MiB)
> > > + os.write(fd, zero * block_size)
> > Is it really wise to allocate 1 MiB chunk of memory full of zeroes only
> > to write it out to a file?
> >
> > --
> > Vratislav Podzimek
> >
> > Anaconda Rider | Red Hat, Inc. | Brno - Czech Republic
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> Nope, it's not. I've extended the patch to hoist zero * block_size
> computation above loop.
That's what I meant. Thanks!
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Vratislav Podzimek
Anaconda Rider | Red Hat, Inc. | Brno - Czech Republic
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