Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:07:51 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ext2 docs |
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On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 03:30:07PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > +oldalloc Enable the old block allocator. Orlov should > > + have better performance, we'd like to get some > > + feedback if it's the contrary for you. > > +orlov (*) Use the Orlov block allocator. > > + (See http://lwn.net/Articles/14633/ and > > + http://lwn.net/Articles/14446/.) > > Did you really mean to use the second link "14446" ? > > It points to a patch from Ted fixing a memory leak into the Orlov allocator, > which is not very useful. > > You probably meant http://lwn.net/Articles/14447/, which contains the full > Orlov ext3 patch?
No, not at all. I am a collector of information, and 14447 has nothing at all, but 14446 documents the EXT2_TOPDIR_FL flag that is undocumented in the kernel source. The flag can be set using chattr +T.
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