Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:21:31 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: patch for 2.1.50 isofs unable to read de past end of block error |
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On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, James Bottomley wrote: > > but get_hardblocksize(dev) forces this to 2048. So the directory names on the > CD do span native 2k buffers. This is the i386 directory of the NT4.0 Server > CD. Does the standard actually say entries can't span native buffers? I know > how wonderfully closely Microsoft likes to stick to standards...
Ok, I applied your patch. It kind of makes sense to span buffers anyway from a conceptual viewpoint (considering directories to be flat files, not segmented buffer+offset things).
Let's just say that I'm happy for performance reasons that ext2fs doesn't do the same stupid thing.
Thanks, Linus
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