From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@rameria.de>
Cc: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Subject: Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:07:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FA85B4C.1040900@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311051451.10063.ioe-lkml@rameria.de>
Ingo Oeser wrote:
>On Tuesday 04 November 2003 09:13, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
>
>>Timothy Miller wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Nikita Danilov wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>It is called "a directory". :) There is no crime in putting
>>>>
>>>>cc src/*.c
>>>>
>>>>into Makefile. I think that Hans' query-result-object denoting multiple
>>>>objects is more like directory than single regular file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>So a file system query that results in multiple files generates a
>>>"virtual directory"?
>>>
>>>
>>Remember that this code does not exist yet.....;-)
>>
>>Sounds like it might be a good way to do it though.
>>
>>
>
>Yes and this also solves the "refine feedback" problem: Just return
>sth. useful in the stat->nlink for that directory
>or even create a new stat-like syscall.
>
>
I don't understand what you are saying about nlink. Can you say more?
>Now the issuer can decide on ANY level, whether to refine the search or
>accept the result to present it in a listing.
>
>A proper replacement for nlink is looong overdue.
>
>But even with the crappy one, we have now, it can be decided since a
>list of 65K is too much for a proper selection and cannot be handled by
>a user. Somebody even said that every search pattern revealing more
>than 50 records is not refined enough.
>
>
If the user is looking for only one record....
>PS: Hans, we just saved you the funding on this topic.
>
>Regards
>
>Ingo Oeser
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
Hans
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-05 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-29 8:50 Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right Hans Reiser
2003-10-29 22:42 ` Erik Andersen
2003-10-29 23:03 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-29 22:25 ` Dax Kelson
2003-10-30 0:20 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 0:54 ` Neil Brown
2003-10-30 1:34 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 2:54 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-10-30 2:58 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2003-10-30 3:16 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 5:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-10-30 5:56 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-10-30 3:16 ` Neil Brown
2003-10-30 3:39 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 10:27 ` Thorsten Körner
2003-10-30 21:28 ` jlnance
2003-10-30 22:29 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-10-31 2:03 ` Daniel B.
2003-10-31 1:04 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2003-10-30 2:09 ` Alex Belits
2003-10-30 3:12 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 4:21 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-10-31 16:42 ` Timothy Miller
2003-10-31 19:15 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-30 9:52 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-10-30 4:06 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-10-30 1:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-10-30 2:03 ` Joseph Pingenot
2003-10-30 9:23 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-10-30 3:57 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-10-30 4:08 ` Larry McVoy
2003-10-30 13:46 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-31 4:50 ` Stephen Satchell
2003-10-30 7:33 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-10-30 8:43 ` Giuliano Pochini
2003-10-30 8:05 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-30 8:17 ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-10-30 11:59 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-30 9:14 ` Giuliano Pochini
2003-10-30 9:55 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-30 17:48 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-10-30 19:23 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-30 20:31 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-10-31 7:40 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-31 19:30 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-10-31 20:47 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-31 13:59 ` Herman
2003-10-31 21:23 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-11-01 18:30 ` Hans Reiser
2003-10-31 21:08 ` David S. Miller
2003-11-02 21:42 ` Hans Reiser
2003-11-03 12:42 ` Nikita Danilov
2003-11-03 16:58 ` Timothy Miller
2003-11-04 8:13 ` Hans Reiser
2003-11-05 13:51 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-11-05 2:07 ` Hans Reiser [this message]
2003-10-31 11:01 ` Kenneth Johansson
2003-10-31 13:52 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-30 11:21 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-10-30 7:25 ` Christian Axelsson
2003-10-30 8:10 ` Hans Reiser
[not found] ` <200311011731.10052.ioe-lkml@rameria.de>
[not found] ` <3FA3FF46.7010309@namesys.com>
2003-11-03 10:55 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-11-04 8:10 ` Hans Reiser
[not found] <LUlv.31e.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <M7iG.41B.7@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <MagC.82U.7@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <Maqe.8l3.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-10-30 11:10 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-10-30 17:23 ` Alex Belits
2003-10-31 1:46 ` Daniel B.
2003-10-31 1:57 ` Philippe Troin
[not found] ` <Mcig.2uf.1@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <Mcs2.2FJ.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-10-30 12:04 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
[not found] ` <Mg2B.7wf.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <Mh8n.BT.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <MhLf.1pF.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-10-30 12:16 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-11-02 13:11 Brian Beattie
2003-11-02 17:15 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-11-03 19:35 ` Brian Beattie
2003-11-03 20:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-11-03 20:23 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-11-03 20:54 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-11-03 21:01 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-11-03 22:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-11-04 8:47 ` Michael Clark
2003-11-04 12:47 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-11-04 14:02 ` Brian Beattie
2003-11-03 20:55 ` Roland Dreier
2003-11-04 0:35 ` Daniel B.
2003-11-04 14:05 ` Brian Beattie
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