Re: reiser4 plugins

Jonathan Briggs
2005-07-06T22:16:09Z

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On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 23:44 -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Hubert Chan wrote:
> >And a question: is it feasible to store, for each inode, its parent(s),
> >instead of just the hard link count?
> >
> >
> Ooh, now that is an interesting old idea I haven't considered in 20
> years.... makes fsck more robust too....

Hey, sounds like the idea I proposed a couple months ago of storing the
path names in each file, instead of in directories. Only better, since
each path component isn't text but a link instead.

It still has the performance and locking problem of having to update
every child file when moving a directory tree to a new parent. On the
other hand, maybe the benefit is worth the cost.
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Jonathan Briggs <jbriggs@esoft.com>
eSoft, Inc.

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