Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:57:43 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: inode/dcache overhead of sysfs attribute files? |
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On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 07:48:11PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Has anybody looked into the inode and dcache overhead of all this stuff, > which I assume is pinned into memory a la ramfs?
Yes, there were some numbers in an old thread about 2000 scsi disks.
> I wonder if sysfs attributes could be accessed via the extended > attribute VFS API? A file full of EA's can easily be considered a > key-value database, or attribute-value in this case :) The EA names and > values need not pin a bunch of inodes and dcache entries, either. > (though viro may scream at my mention of EAs :))
Don't know, that could be one way. I think wli and shaggy were working on something along these lines, but haven't heard from them in a long time about it.
thanks,
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