Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:07:03 -0200 | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ext2 docs |
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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/
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