tree 82df22aa9f75d39c01dbd4964492e231d467b58a
parent 488f19d00acb640abf8cba774f0b6f6730c179de
author Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> 1687480412 +0930
committer Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> 1687480412 +0930

oem: ibm: Use `truncate(1)` to create NVRAM related files

Use of `dd(1)` results in back-to-back `read(2)` and `write(2)` syscalls;
the performance of `dd(1)` is O(n) with respect to the file size. Poor
choice of the `bs=` parameter to `dd(1)` can significantly amplify the
amount of syscalls required to achieve the task.

By contrast, `truncate(1)` generally invokes a single syscall, either
`truncate(2)` or `ftruncate(2)`. As a consequence, `truncate(1)` is O(1)
with respect to file size.

Switch to `truncate(1)` to improve runtime efficiency of the scripts.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
Change-Id: I69dd925f36e733fc2a1ee71cb8354ee04ee8871b