From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: "raymond jennings" <highwind747@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:01:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ptdjzmq0.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1eI8L-5fS-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (raymond jennings's message of "Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:50:07 +0100")
"raymond jennings" <highwind747@hotmail.com> writes:
> Is there any value in creating a new filesystem that encodes long
> contiguous blocks as a single block run instead of multiple block
> numbers? A long file may use only a few block runs instead of many
> block numbers if there is little fragmentation (usually the case).
> Also dynamic allocation of inodes...etc. The details are long; anyone
> interested can e-mail me privately.
Congratulations. You just reinvented the basic specs of JFS and XFS.
-Andi
next parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-16 20:03 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <1eI8L-5fS-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-01-16 20:01 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2004-01-29 16:40 [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers raymond jennings
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2004-01-16 19:38 raymond jennings
2004-01-16 19:52 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-01-16 19:54 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-16 20:36 ` Ian Pilcher
2004-01-16 21:57 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-01-16 20:47 ` Hans Reiser
2004-01-16 22:38 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-19 10:45 ` Hans Reiser
2004-01-19 16:20 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-19 17:06 ` Hans Reiser
2004-02-08 11:38 ` Keith Owens
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