2012-10-14 (일), 02:21 +0400, Vyacheslav Dubeyko:
> On Oct 14, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> > On Friday 05 October 2012, 김재극 wrote:
> >> +const char *media_ext_lists[] = {
> >> + "jpg",
> >> + "gif",
> >> + "png",
> >> + "avi",
> >> + "divx",
> >> + "mp4",
> >> + "mp3",
> >> ...
> >
> >> + * Set multimedia files as cold files for hot/cold data separation
> >> + */
> >> +static inline void set_cold_file(struct inode *inode, const unsigned char
> >> *name)
> >> +{
> >> + const char **extlist = media_ext_lists;
> >> +
> >> + while (*extlist) {
> >> + if (!is_multimedia_file(name, *extlist)) {
> >> + F2FS_I(inode)->is_cold = 1;
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> + extlist++;
> >> + }
> >> +}
> >
> > This is a very clever way of categorizing files by their name, but I wonder
> > if hardcoding
> > the list of file name extensions at in the kernel source is the best
> > strategy. Generally
> > I would consider this to be a policy that should be configurable by the
> > user.
> >
> > Unfortunately I can't think of a good interface to configure this, but
> > maybe someone
> > else has a useful idea. Maybe the list can be stored in the superblock and
> > get written
> > at mkfs time from the same defaults, but with the option of overriding it
> > using
> > a debugfs tool.
> >
>
> By the way, how about extended attributes? It is possible to save in extended
> attribute a hint about file's content nature during creation operation or
> later. Moreover, extended attribute gives possibility to change hint after
> renaming operation, for example.
>
I think xattr is not a proper way to communicate between file system and
users.
How about fadvise()?
> With the best regards,
> Vyacheslav Dubeyko.
>
> > Arnd
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