Re: Ext2fs and hashed table.

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
4 Jun 1997 22:09:49 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970604142611.247A-100000@citytel_prct2.citytel.net>
By author: <jwalther@citytel.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>
> > The trouble is that you have to do it for _every_ write request in the
> > hole, unless you do fancy things with the tree and have a sparse map
> > --- in which case you're losing a lot of the intended efficiency gain
> > anyway. The direct map table seems to be a better idea all round for
> > writing into holes.
>
> Whats so important about holes anyways? No other FS has them.
>

Incorrect. All UNIX-like filesystems have them.

-hpa

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