Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:59:17 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/28] VFS: Move expiry into vfs |
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 10:40:00AM -0400, Mike Waychison wrote: > This patch moves the recently added expiry functionality directly into the > VFS layer. Doing this gives us a couple advantages: > > - Allows for configurable timeouts using a single consolidated timer > - Keeps filesystems from having to each implement their own expiry logic > - Provides a generic interface that can be used for _any_ filesystem, as > desired by user applications and/or the system admninistrator. > > This patch implements expiry by having the VFS recursively register work to > do. Checks are done for expiry every 1 second, so expiry is configurable to > that granularity.
The expiry timer should only run as long as there are filesystems registered for expiry.
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