From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Treat disk space like memory space
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:28:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071123142817.GA10859@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr6irqhn2.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.kernel@gnu.org>
Hi!
> So I'd like to be able to say "these areas of my file-system hold data
> that you can discard whenever you need space". So I can freely fill up
> my disk with such irrelevant data, safe in the knowledge that if I ever
> need this disk space it'll be automatically reclaimed.
>
> [ I realize this is probably better implemented outside of the kernel, but
> it seems like it might be of interest here. Please redirect me to
> a more appropriate place if you can think of one (other than
> /dev/null that is). ]
Actually, you'll probably need fs hooks for reliable operation. And
yes, someone finally implementing this would be welcome :-).
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-25 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-15 22:24 Treat disk space like memory space Stefan Monnier
2007-11-16 0:03 ` Wes Felter
2007-11-16 0:24 ` Lee Revell
2007-11-16 18:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-16 19:34 ` Jörn Engel
2007-11-23 14:28 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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