linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext2: speed up file creates by optimizing rec

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Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:36:32 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext2: speed up file creates by optimizing rec_len
 functions

On 12/7/10 3:33 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> I bet other tweaks in there would yield similar goodliness.

Yep, probably so ...

We could also speed up ext3/4 a bit by not doing the extN_check_dir_entry
call on every single access, but only when we read it from disk.

Given that I've talked about it for 4 years and never done it, maybe
I'll try to find a volunteer ;)

-Eric
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