Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:19:26 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: Using filesystem blocks |
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On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:26:23AM +0530, Amit Gud wrote: > > > > > Is it wise enough to abstract away the usage of blocks for storing > > > extended attributes? > > > > No. Some fs' will store xattr data in the inodes if it fits. > > > > First up, why is mbcache code is written at VFS layer than being > filesystem specific? Neccessarily to take away the coding overheads of > maintaining block cache that any filesystem uses, even though given > that only ext2 and ext3 uses it. It facilitates code reuse.
It is not written at the VFS level. It's a library ontop of the buffercache than can be reused by filesystems. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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