On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:42:39 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/11/2009 01:34 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Maybe this is enough for POWERTOP, however for general use, the > >> dirty type(data/metadata) and inode number may be valuable to some > >> users? > > > > what can a user do with an inode number???? > > Inode numbers have always been visible to userspace... IIRC, tar(1) > uses the st_ino member of struct stat to detect hard links in certain > cases. ls(1) displays inode numbers with -i, find(1) looks for them > with -inum, ... ok let me rephrase that. What would a user DO with this inode number information, given that the filename is already passed on; what additional useful, not-infinitely-hard-to-get piece of information does this give the user that he can use to do <something> that he cannot do with the current information ? E.g. what is that <something> ? -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
