Andreas Dilger: > As the name implies, it is very extN specific. For Lustre 2.0 we use a > different method to get O(1) FID (inode number) to pathname(s) > lookup. Each file stores an xattr with the {parent FID, filename} > tuples for each link to the file, whenever an inode is created, > linked, unlinked, or renamed. Honestly speaking, this approach is the one which came to my mind when I read David's mail. Andreas's approach and explanation is perfect as I should admire. Thank you J. R. Okajima -- 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