lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Mar]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] cowlinks v2
Pavel Machek wrote:
> Actually, there's 4th strategy, too. You could implement sharing at block level.
> Block free bitmap would become bigger, but you could do some tricks to keep it
> at ~8 bits per block...

For sharing source trees and such, and even for COW overlays of
/usr/lib and /usr/bin, that would have no benefit: you never write to
just part of a source or object file.

For databases (including things like the RPM database), and snapshots
of filesystems, it would be more useful.

-- Jamie
-
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/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:02    [W:0.189 / U:0.288 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site