Re: VFS

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:06:09 -0500 (EST)

> > It is possible to access a file by this inode number, but it would be
> > slow to open as the file system must be searched.
>
> Does the UDF volume include an index to translate from ID number to
> block number, or could you build this dynamically?

The unique ID number is completely unrelated to block number.
On an non-native UDF disk, the value could be anything, so this
case has to be supported.

I'm getting real tempted to throw together a VFS (not fs) patch
for 64-bit inode numbers. It ought to be pretty simple, and completely
compatible with the current implementation. You'd have to wait for a
filesystem (say ext3) that supports them in order to make use of the
extra elbow room.

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Andrew E. Mileski   mailto:aem@netcom.ca