Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:59:43 -0400 (EDT) | From | Chad C Giffin <> | Subject | Re: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories] |
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
:Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:44:29 +1200 :From: Chris Wedgwood <chris@cybernet.co.nz> :To: Chad C Giffin <typo@t-net.org> :Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> :Subject: Re: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories] : :On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 12:33:50AM -0400, Chad C Giffin wrote: : :> Although it is really not a problem for most that directory files do not :> shrink on removal of directory entries, it still is a problem for some and :> should not be ignored IMO. :> :> I'd like to propose a solution that is not too complicated. :> :> The solution is simple. When a file system is found idle, a thread wakes :> up and systematicly house cleans the directory files. When the file :> system becomes active, the thread either :> :> 1. stops :> or 2. works on another directory that is not being accessed :> while operating at a very low priority : :How does this scale to large machines like new-servers (where large :directories can indeed be an issue) where you might have 80GB of disk and :several million directories? : :Oh, and such machines are _never_ idle. Not even close.
Did you read the entire posting?
Chad C Giffin
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