[SLL] limit on number of files in a directory and hashed dir vs. flat dir file access time

[Ana]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:41:50PM -0800, Rob Smith wrote:
> On 11/4/07, Brian Hatch <bri at ifokr.org> wrote:
> > This way each run has absolutely no kernel cache to work with, a
> > clean footprint at the beginning of each test, and no possibility
> > of extraneous processes.
> 
> Also, you should use the sync syscalls or program to verify the disk
> writes are done before the read attempts are even made.
> 
> ~Rob

My plan is to create the target directory, reboot, and then run the
reading test.  do you think that's good enough?

- Ana