Re: ext2fs enhacement/fix [re: shrinking directories]

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 01:20:19 -0600


: > * you wouldn't want to hook every single unlink()
:
: Have unlink check to see if the current size >= 2* required size and shrink
: on that?

I like this idea a lot.

It has the nice attribute that the process causing the problem is the one
that gets slowed down.

It will slow down unlinks, but I would think that is OK for this sort of
thing.

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