From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: Allocation strategy - dynamic zone for small files Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:34 -0500 Message-ID: <20061114175534.GA9135@thunk.org> References: <1163426218.3343.10.camel@avishay.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> <200611141843.39745.a1426z@gawab.com> <20061114154630.GB19143@parisc-linux.org> <200611141959.43417.a1426z@gawab.com> <20061114172659.GC19143@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Al Boldi , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:14513 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933462AbWKNRzi (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:55:38 -0500 To: Matthew Wilcox Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061114172659.GC19143@parisc-linux.org> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 10:27:00AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Great idea. Discuss the feasibility, rather than responding with > platitudes to people telling you it's infeasible. Show examples, show > how it would help. Take the inetd.conf example. Look at the current > user-space parser. Show how a new implementation might work. Use > pseudocode where necessary; this doesn't have to compile, it has to > convince people that there's something worthwhile in doing this. +----------+ | PLEASE | | DO NOT | | FEED THE | | TROLLS | +----------+ | | | | .\|.||/.. I've given up on Al Boldi as a Troll; until he actually gives a concrete, detailed plan to discuss, instead of content-free platitudes, I've written him off as someone who likes to spouting nonsense hoping to draw a reaction out of folks. - Ted