From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264123AbTICRbm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:31:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264128AbTICRbm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:31:42 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:33550 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264123AbTICRbl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:31:41 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: Quota Hash Abstraction 2.6.0-test2 Date: 3 Sep 2003 17:23:00 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <20030731184341.GA21078@www.13thfloor.at> <20030903161435.GC24897@DUK2.13thfloor.at> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1062609780 8251 192.168.12.62 (3 Sep 2003 17:23:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20030903161435.GC24897@DUK2.13thfloor.at>, Herbert Poetzl wrote: | On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:56:58PM +0000, bill davidsen wrote: | > In article <20030731184341.GA21078@www.13thfloor.at>, | > Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= wrote: | > | > Is any of this, particularly the work mentioned in the last paragraph | > getting into the mail kernel? | | the quota fix was included in the next (test) release | so default quota will work again ... Thanks for the quick response, that was my prime concern. I expect to need quota again in the near future. | | the Quota Hash Abstraction is neither a (big) performance | gain nor a feature bonus for the end user ... it is more | an enhancement to the code itself, allowing to have more | than one quota hash for arbitrary purposes ... | | I doubt, that this code will ever make it into mainline | without another 'good' reason to use it, but maybe the | --bind mount quota stuff would be such a reason, if the | interest for such things will eventually grow ... | | HTH, | Herbert Big help, I have never had a performance problem with the quota stuff other than not performing at all ;-) Good to have the code handy though, use often follows capability rather than drives it. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.