Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "J. R. Okajima" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] d_ino considered harmful | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:57:52 +0900 |
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Andreas Dilger: > As the name implies, it is very extN specific. For Lustre 2.0 we use a > different method to get O(1) FID (inode number) to pathname(s) > lookup. Each file stores an xattr with the {parent FID, filename} > tuples for each link to the file, whenever an inode is created, > linked, unlinked, or renamed.
Honestly speaking, this approach is the one which came to my mind when I read David's mail. Andreas's approach and explanation is perfect as I should admire.
Thank you J. R. Okajima
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