Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: VFS | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 1997 04:22:15 -0500 (EST) |
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> - cpio, tar and other programs use inode numbers to identify hardlinked > files.
Then that is a problem :-/
So what is an alternative? I need at least 48-bits for a block address, 'cause the file system I'm working on doesn't have inodes.
> - There is also a patch floating around that enables the kernel to > open files by inode number. This in conjunction with a modified INN > delivers significant speedups as the INN spends a large fraction of > it's time searching files. You may call it a broken fix for a broken > system though ...
Sounds like the patch is doing the job of the dcache.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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