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From: Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: on-demand bitmap loading (testing only)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 07:52:33 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 12:52:52AM -0400, Jeffrey Mahoney wrote:

> It's possible to read the bitmaps in a "delayed" fashion, but the
> problem of completely wasted resources is still not addressed. I feel
> the correct solution is to let the buffer cache do its job and not
> assume that any particular filesystem takes priority over other resources.
 
I feel 100% with you.
Getting rid of super.c:read_bitmaps is nothing but a bug-fix.

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    Stefan