From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masover Subject: Re: file as a directory Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:51:20 -0500 Message-ID: <428A7568.6080509@slaphack.com> References: <92232506676-BeMail@cr593174-a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <92232506676-BeMail@cr593174-a> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Alexander G. M. Smith" Cc: Leo Comerford , sean.mcgrath@propylon.com, reiserfs-list@namesys.com, Peter.Foldiak@st-andrews.ac.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander G. M. Smith wrote: [...] >>On the other hand, garbage collection will be a significant hurdle, >>for two reasons. One is cycles. [...] The other is more >>sophisticated needs for automatic deletion. > > > Neither are impossible, we just have to pay the performance price > for the luxury features. How much of a price do I pay? And could that price be avioded by only enabling those features for directories where I want them? Could that be done easily in Reiser4? My mind isn't able to easily wrap itself around the point of having this strange new kind of hard-links, but I'm willing to try it if there's no performance hit for the rest of my system. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBQop1aHgHNmZLgCUhAQJX6RAAgfnqnGGHRt+tzYNct9PfilJisPsOMwNV EjH9dBvoU0e5WpNmFKAuwfzwscWZzLaPC/qyucKPWnr02AdroklGtId8DQdy9QWh fYKc8/fFzDwwMyAu1r2vHNTbERBUX8GrKIMCeLRFnOLkgHdNDZ5vpn/bbWLZh0Tc gMt6+qw8QU0qowWCoGtPadxR00C388Cc4QWiZAdaZhEF89gWX+Zhnwuhqtsni0aN /h0gfXNArv3GgCefwG3WX+NDeikWLrZodpg9L3swJ2lWzVrikZ6yMET08NiG39Ih iWLwrd5DCR8fIXir+jYeJBRCenoqx/LbqJmXkc7TengiddAob9WCFgcWYPbF4Mlv vNBy/k9O+S8ds89GZwJAiaw/NO3YNuvf0I8SGo94KGlYhoVPPEq/lEZ2t0o5EiXn nFyHYVhPSH9UG4ttGXDSuMiOikCbmeF1J9oLWhmnLoIXQ93kk6NOQYl4DgXGdOwD QUM/xOPex69RW9RkNx8c4LygHssJeIAxxc6jhginWW+O/1Vgt6lfG1zlb22BXjls n8Yi83gPn5d0fUGy+ss6xLIION6M9aWGpIxB/IMLjEV8Fwy+YR1qZqrSLJkVECZ1 oHtVq5A2uKDLr0xVZHdbxWyefFcSk73DkINBqDC6Vt8a+HCx/dqNHI3a1x2oaoR2 7ip1veAMiaI= =DNyQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----