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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:57:09 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Confusing --mem-file-size=SIZE description
On 2012-07-24 13:42, magnum wrote:
> On 2012-07-24 12:06, Frank Dittrich wrote:
>> The parameter --mem-file-size is also mentioned in doc/README.mpi.
>> Here, the special SIZE values 0, 1, 2 are mentioned.
>> Apparently, for MPI this parameter is mis-used for something completely
>> different. Especially the --mem-file-size=0 meaning in MPI mode is
>> unfortunate, since without MPI, this means: load the complete file into
>> memory. If you have enough memory, this is usually what you want.
>
> --mem=0 is not different - it's actually where the non-MPI behavior
> stems from. MPI or not, it is a short-cut for saying "buffer the file,
> no matter its size".
Actually --mem=1 is also the same, MPI or not. And it's neither a
mis-use nor a special case: You just declare that you will buffer at
most one byte - effectively turning off preload.
magnum
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