Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 | | From | Alex Tomas <> | | Date | Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:48:16 +0400 |
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so, instead of taking one (quite-well-tested) part that solves one of the biggest ext3 limitation, you propose to start a new project and get something in a year (probably) ?
I think about extents as a step-by-step way ...
thanks, Alex
>>>>> Linus Torvalds (LT) writes:
LT> Just as an example: ext3 _sucks_ in many ways. It has huge inodes that LT> take up way too much space in memory. It has absolutely disgusting code to LT> handle directory reading and writing (buffer heads! In 2006!). It's LT> conditional indexing code is horrible. Its performance absolutely sucks LT> when the journal is being drained or something.
LT> Are you going to improve on any of those _fundamnetal_ problems? Or are LT> you going to make them worse?
LT> Hint: I'm betting you're not going to improve them by adding more LT> features. - 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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