From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Sascha Nitsch <Sash_lkl@linuxhowtos.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Idea about a disc backed ram filesystem
Date: 09 Jun 2006 08:33:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73wtbqsuqz.fsf@verdi.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606082233.13720.Sash_lkl@linuxhowtos.org>
Sascha Nitsch <Sash_lkl@linuxhowtos.org> writes:
> - all files overlayed are still accessible
> - after the first read, the file stays in memory (like a file cache)
Linux has very aggressive file caching and does this effectively
by default for every file system.
Sounds like you're trying to reinvent the wheel.
-Andi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-09 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2006-06-08 20:33 ` Idea about a disc backed ram filesystem Sascha Nitsch
2006-06-08 20:43 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-06-08 21:12 ` Sash
2006-06-09 10:45 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-08 21:51 ` Horst von Brand
2006-06-08 22:39 ` Joshua Hudson
2006-06-08 22:48 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-08 23:40 ` Måns Rullgård
2006-06-09 1:01 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 8:52 ` Måns Rullgård
2006-06-09 2:17 ` Horst von Brand
2006-06-09 4:59 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 13:43 ` Horst von Brand
2006-06-09 15:07 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 18:43 ` Lee Revell
2006-06-09 19:27 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 19:31 ` Lee Revell
2006-06-09 19:43 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 20:03 ` Lee Revell
2006-06-09 21:23 ` Matheus Izvekov
2006-06-09 23:37 ` Horst von Brand
2006-06-09 6:33 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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