From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:47:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:46:52 -0400 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:21769 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:46:46 -0400 Message-ID: <3B994057.CA799CC3@zip.com.au> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 14:47:03 -0700 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.10-pre4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Love CC: lkml , "ext3-users@redhat.com" Subject: Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.9 In-Reply-To: <3B991346.7393E7AF@zip.com.au>, <3B991346.7393E7AF@zip.com.au> <999897902.839.3.camel@phantasy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Love wrote: > > For reference, I am using 2.4.9-ac9 + ext3-0.9.9 + dir_speedup + > kpreempt with no problem. I have my root mounted as ext3, type ordered, > with a local journal. > > I don't have any data points on performance gains, but I would be happy > to provide any if you specify what. Everything feels good. OK, thanks. > I see no reason not to merge this into Alan's tree. At least > ext3-0.9.9, but the directory speedup seems reasonable enough too. Well, it's a fairly large diff, so it's best to not force it onto people until volunteer testers have had a week or so to try it out. -