Re: optimal file order for reading from disk

dean gaudet
2005-06-14T18:12:58Z

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Nikita Danilov wrote:

> You should call fibmap ioctl on all files, to obtain lists of block
> numbers used by them, and then sort file list to minimize seeks.

hey that's a cool hack...

looking at FIBMAP i see it uses an int to store the block number... any
plans for a FIBMAP64 api?

-dean