On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> > If there's enough RAM for directory cache, the directory size is
> > irrelevant.
>
> It is still a linear search.
No, it is a direct access with linear searches, if hash table
collisions are there for this entry.
Keywords: dentry hashing.
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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