[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Auto-enable optimizations for non-rotational disks on Linux (#949)

[Panu Matilainen]

pmatilai commented on this pull request.



> @@ -109,6 +121,27 @@ static char *getMntPoint(const char *dirName, dev_t dev)
     return res;
 }
 
+static int getRotational(const char *dirName, dev_t dev)
+{
+    int rotational = 1;	/* Be a good pessimist, assume the worst */
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    char *devpath = NULL;
+    FILE *f = NULL;
+
+    rasprintf(&devpath, "/sys/dev/block/%d:%d/queue/rotational",
+			major(dev), minor(dev));
+    if ((f = fopen(devpath, "r")) != NULL) {
+	int v;
+	if (fscanf(f, "%d", &v) == 1)
+	    rotational = v;

AIUI the values in that file are always 0 or 1 to begin with, because this is just a simple boolean: is it rotational or not?

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