linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] d_ino considered harmful

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:57:52 +0900
From:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
To:	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...cle.com>
Cc:	David Dillow <dillowda@...l.gov>,
	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] d_ino considered harmful


Andreas Dilger:
> As the name implies, it is very extN specific. For Lustre 2.0 we use a  
> different method to get O(1) FID (inode number) to pathname(s)  
> lookup.  Each file stores an xattr with the {parent FID, filename}  
> tuples for each link to the file, whenever an inode is created,  
> linked, unlinked, or renamed.

Honestly speaking, this approach is the one which came to my mind when I
read David's mail. Andreas's approach and explanation is perfect as I
should admire.

Thank you
J. R. Okajima
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