Re: Getting FS access events

Chris Wedgwood
2001-05-15T07:56:33Z

On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:13:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

We should not create crap code just because we _can_.

How about removing code?

In 2.5.x is we move fs metadata into the pagecache, do we even need a
buffer cache anymore? Can't we just ditch it completely and make all
device access raw?

It seems to me this is not only simple but also elegant, or perhaps I
am fundamentally missing something?

--cw