lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Nov]   [8]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] ext2 docs
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 10:07:51PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 03:30:07PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> > > +oldalloc Enable the old block allocator. Orlov should
> > > + have better performance, we'd like to get some
> > > + feedback if it's the contrary for you.
> > > +orlov (*) Use the Orlov block allocator.
> > > + (See http://lwn.net/Articles/14633/ and
> > > + http://lwn.net/Articles/14446/.)
> >
> > Did you really mean to use the second link "14446" ?
> >
> > It points to a patch from Ted fixing a memory leak into the Orlov allocator,
> > which is not very useful.
> >
> > You probably meant http://lwn.net/Articles/14447/, which contains the full
> > Orlov ext3 patch?
>
> No, not at all. I am a collector of information, and 14447 has nothing
> at all, but 14446 documents the EXT2_TOPDIR_FL flag that is undocumented
> in the kernel source. The flag can be set using chattr +T.

OK dokie.

PS: Maybe the flag should be documented? Its pretty important one.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:07    [W:0.086 / U:0.016 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site