Re: [CFT][PATCH] ramfs/tmpfs readdir()

From: Manfred Spraul (manfred@colorfullife.com)
Date: Sun Nov 04 2001 - 13:27:15 EST

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> Note that other filesystems would already enjoy having a d_offset in the
> dentry: it allows for various other optimizations (ie making "unlink()" a
> O(1) operation, by not having to search the directory).
>
The dentry structure already contains 2 members for filesystem use
(d_time and d_fsdata), is a third member really required?

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