On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 02:00:40PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: | On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 01:41:47PM -0600, Mark Tinguely wrote: | > 2) Add the filename to EA. Not a fan, but I will ask but if DMF needs it | > for performance then it has to be done. My point was this assumes | > that we can keep all the links' EA entries inline in the inode. A | > couple 255 character files or several links of modest sized filenames | > would negate that assumption. I tried to minimize the EA entries to | > keep them inline in the inode. I will talk to the DMF group. | | Actually, I made the point about DMF needing them inline performance | because that's an argument SGI might find persuasive. What I didn't | say just then is that *I* need them inline, too, as online directory | tree scrubbing needs to be able to do bulks scans, as does | xfs_repair. However, I have idefinitely said this before in previous | parent poitner discussions, so it should be no surprise here... I appologize in advance for my ignorance. What is "online directory tree scrubbing" and how does it benefit from parent inode pointers? -- Geoffrey Wehrman _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
