Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:11:49 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: readdir loses renamed files |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>Matthias is right. readdir is badly architected, and no one has fixed >>it for ~30 years. >> >> > >As long as M$ windows has the same problem, it's justified that we have that >problem for 30 years now. > > > >>It should be possible to perform an atomic readdir if that is what you >>want to do and if you have space in your process to stuff the result. >> >> > >How much would it cost to always append the new name into the directory rather >than modifying it in place? > Forgive me, what does the sentence above mean? Paste it out of order?
Better to fix the API.
> OTOH, especially Reiserfs does not use linear file >lists, so it would get tricky. > > > > > We use sorted directories. - 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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