Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:31:49 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Avoid doing extra 'lstat()'s for d_type if we have an up-to-date cache entry > > On filesystems without d_type, we can look at the cache entry first. > Doing an lstat() can be expensive. Thanks. I was wondering if we could also say that D exists as a directory when we know there is D/F in the index and is up to date. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html