Re: readdir loses renamed files

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <20041028170642.GA8220@xxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> But directory sizes are unlimited --- they could conceivably be
> hundreds of megabytes, and so it's not reasonable to require the
> kernel to do the snapshot using unpageable kernel memory.

Well, I guess that  what COW or Versioning is for. Another option would be a
optimistic locking readdir alternative (or usage of fam-like events in
addition).

Gruss
Bernd
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