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SubjectRe: Documentation on dcache (dentry) interface?, umsdos
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mnalis@public.srce.hr (Matija Nalis) writes:

> In mail.linux.kernel, you wrote:
> > If there is a tutorial, specification or any detailed
> >documentation on the Linux 2.1 dcache system, I would appreciate a
> >pointer to it. I am thinking of taking a wack at getting umsdos
> >working under 2.1. Also, if anybody is already working on getting
> >umsdos to work under 2.1, I would appreciate knowing that too, so that
> >I can avoid duplication of effort.
>
> Yes, I'm working on it for some time now. It's been long since last
> official patch (2.1.102), but it is under major rewrite now (all internal
> messaging via inodes is being converted to dentries, not only external
> interface). It should make those inode->i_count wraps and jump pretty
> visible, and with those eliminated, there should go hardlinks and
> rename/move stuff, making it almost usable for beta-testing.
>
> If you're interested, I'd be very grateful in any help you can provide. I
> can send you latest sources (that are currently in somewhat worse condition
> than 2.1.102, but it is to be changed soon), and answer any umsdos (or VFS)
> related question that might help you. I still don't grasp some of the dentry
> points, but most of it is clear. Nice reading material is VFS.txt from
> Richard Gooch (If you don't have it, I can dig URL out from somewhere)
>

Latest version is included in the kernel source tree (at least in
2.1.114) as Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt.

Later,
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