Re: [PATCH] "metas" in reiserfs v4 snapshot 2004.03.26

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander G. M. Smith
Elliott Mitchell wrote on Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:46:14 -0800 (PST): > Also I feel it should be on the file itself. ie for the file /tmp/fooblah > you should be able to access the file's metadata by open()ing/using > readdir() on /tmp/fooblah/metas or (/tmp/fooblah/..metas or whatever). Sounds good to

Slow stats on reiserfs 3

2004-04-01 Thread daniel.poelzleithner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There is a discussion at the BackupPC Mailinglist why the nightly cleanup of the backup Pool takes so much more time against ext3. Here is the thead: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4144370&forum_id=503 The pool directory l

Beginner questions about meta data and plugins

2004-04-01 Thread Ivar Bergman
Hi all! Over the last weeks I have been experementing with Reiser4, so far I have managed to build the kernel, created a mountable Reiser4 partition, and played around with the file system via the shell. To learn how Reiser4 work, I planed to implement the following two programs: 1, Write a s

Re: Beginner questions about meta data and plugins

2004-04-01 Thread Nikita Danilov
Ivar Bergman writes: > > Hi all! > > Over the last weeks I have been experementing with > Reiser4, so far I have managed to build the kernel, > created a mountable Reiser4 partition, and played > around with the file system via the shell. > > To learn how Reiser4 work, I planed to imp

Re: Beginner questions about meta data and plugins

2004-04-01 Thread Christian Mayrhuber
On Thursday 01 April 2004 17:16, Nikita Danilov wrote: > file/WHATEVER-PSEUDO-PREFIX-IS-FASHIONABLE-TO-DAY/foo. Great, +1 vote for that! (at least today) -- lg, Chris

Re: [PATCH] "metas" in reiserfs v4 snapshot 2004.03.26

2004-04-01 Thread Narcoleptic Electron
This discussion is spiralling out of control. There is far too much misunderstanding. A discussion summary is in order. PROPOSALS: 1. Leave the "metas" directory as it is, for storing the meta data hierarchy. 2. Rename "metas" to: a) ..metas b) @ c) + 3. Revise the architecture so that inste

Re: [PATCH] "metas" in reiserfs v4 snapshot 2004.03.26

2004-04-01 Thread Christian Iversen
On Thursday 01 April 2004 18:31, Narcoleptic Electron wrote: > If there are other approaches not addressed here, or > clarification required, please feel free to revise > this list. I think someone suggested putting meta file information in /proc. So. Is this a bad idea? I think not. In this sc