ccache's cleanup algorithm

Matthew Seaman matthew at FreeBSD.org
Tue Nov 3 14:09:22 UTC 2015


On 03/11/2015 13:26, Scott Bennett wrote:
> If it's really using LRM instead of LRU,
> can anyone explain why?

It's fairly common to mount filesystems noatime -- it's the default for
ZFS setups created by the installer nowadays I believe, plus it is
common on other unix-like OSes.  Which means tracking atime is quit
likely to be useless for ccache.  Tracking mtime may simply be the next
best alternative.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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