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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2012-08-16 02:21:28 +0200
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2012-10-20 23:08:57 +0200
commitbba89aa82a80f0373dcb7288d96d5b0fcb453d73 (patch)
treef3b4fd8649021b52e19cfdf4620ffead5f30910e /src/util.cpp
parent5382bcf8cd23c36a435c29080770a79b5e28af42 (diff)
Pre-allocate block and undo files in chunks
Introduce a AllocateFileRange() function in util, which wipes or at least allocates a given range of a file. It can be overriden by more efficient OS-dependent versions if necessary. Block and undo files are now allocated in chunks of 16 and 1 MiB, respectively.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index c72b84bfa4..9162886450 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1137,6 +1137,20 @@ int GetFilesize(FILE* file)
return nFilesize;
}
+// this function tries to make a particular range of a file allocated (corresponding to disk space)
+// it is advisory, and the range specified in the arguments will never contain live data
+void AllocateFileRange(FILE *file, unsigned int offset, unsigned int length) {
+ static const char buf[65536] = {};
+ fseek(file, offset, SEEK_SET);
+ while (length > 0) {
+ unsigned int now = 65536;
+ if (length < now)
+ now = length;
+ fwrite(buf, 1, now, file); // allowed to fail; this function is advisory anyway
+ length -= now;
+ }
+}
+
void ShrinkDebugFile()
{
// Scroll debug.log if it's getting too big