Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | | Subject | Re: Ext2fs and hashed table. | | Date | 4 Jun 1997 22:09:49 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970604142611.247A-100000@citytel_prct2.citytel.net> By author: <jwalther@citytel.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > > The trouble is that you have to do it for _every_ write request in the > > hole, unless you do fancy things with the tree and have a sparse map > > --- in which case you're losing a lot of the intended efficiency gain > > anyway. The direct map table seems to be a better idea all round for > > writing into holes. > > Whats so important about holes anyways? No other FS has them. >
Incorrect. All UNIX-like filesystems have them.
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