Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:39:48 +0100 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Metadata larger than block size? |
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[I originally posted this to linux-fsdevel, but I suspect not many people read that. I also reckon the issue may touch on the buffer cache]
Hi,
I'm looking at the NTFS stuff again and have come across another problem: on-disk metadata (inodes, a.k.a FILE records) can be larger than the block size. Is it me, or does this make reading the suckers a real pain? I'd like to avoid the obvious but slow solution of "allocate a FILE record sized chunk of memory, read the buffer heads, and copy the data". It is an issue because the structures inside the inode records can't be guaranteed not to run over block boundaries inside the record.
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