Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: VFS | Date | Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:06:09 -0500 (EST) |
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> > It is possible to access a file by this inode number, but it would be > > slow to open as the file system must be searched. > > Does the UDF volume include an index to translate from ID number to > block number, or could you build this dynamically?
The unique ID number is completely unrelated to block number. On an non-native UDF disk, the value could be anything, so this case has to be supported.
I'm getting real tempted to throw together a VFS (not fs) patch for 64-bit inode numbers. It ought to be pretty simple, and completely compatible with the current implementation. You'd have to wait for a filesystem (say ext3) that supports them in order to make use of the extra elbow room.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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