Re: [PATCH] [RFC] fadvise: Add _VOLATILE,_ISVOLATILE, and_NONVOLATILE flags

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:32:18 -0800
John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Very cool!  Yea. Dave brought up that the list was fairly inefficient,
> but I figured I'd get more feedback on the mechanism before spending too
> much time optimizing the structure. I'll look at your mumbletree code
> and see how it can be adapted. Other then apparently being a nod to the
> "original neo-grunge/indie-rock band from Rochester", is there a story
> to the name? :)

I was first!

I was sure there was some correct term for such a tree in the
literature, but I didn't know what it was and the compiler didn't like
"*_tree".

> Again, I appreciate the feedback! Thanks so much!

I note you sneakily deleted the bit about posix/bsd file locking.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/