lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Feb]   [18]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateThu, 18 Feb 1999 13:31:50 -0500
FromRaul Miller <>
SubjectRe: fsync on large files
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > > You might be able to get away with having a list of parents structure
> > > > on multiply linked directories, which would have to be mirrored in
> > > > dcache.

Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote:
> And on rename() you will rebuild that data. How? Again, direct ancestors
> may be even not in dcache yet when you do the first lookup.
> What kind of data structure are you going to use?

The list of immediate parents would have to exist on disk for every
directory with more than one parent. I suppose I would base that data
structure on the "indirect block" structure of a regular inode.

Did I mention that I didn't think this was a pretty solution?

--
Raul

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:50    [from the cache]
©2003-2010