Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:12:09 -0500 (EST) | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: fsync on large files |
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Matthias Urlichs writes: > Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de> writes: >> >> If you allow directory hardlinks (or loopback mounts) you get >> a completely different structure: a directed graph with all >> it's problems (like rings).
Traditional UNIX allows this and many other things. (I'd love read() access on directories)
> Loopback mounts are comparatively easy because, while some things > appear in different places, they're on a different file system, > so there's no danger of accidentally crating cycles. > > The idea of hardlinked directories is fun to think about, > but it's hairy. _Very_ hairy. My opinion: Don't Go There.
So we add an online garbage cleaner to kill disconnected loops. Not pretty, but it works. The cleaner can get other jobs too, like defragmentation and directory compaction.
Any other problems?
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