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Message-Id: <E1HbRts-0000DI-00@calista.eckenfels.net> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:45:32 +0200 From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: If not readdir() then what? In article <1176250921.309.94.camel@...mdal.trondhjem.org> you wrote: > Otherwise, the client would have to cache _all_ previous READDIR results > since the last opendir()/rewinddir() in order to be able to do its own > loop detection and that will obviously never scale for large directories > or for directories that change frequently... Unless you have a COW style filesystem with versioning (think oracle tables) you will have to invalidate cookies often or do copies - on client or server. And I am not sure whats worse (for apps)... disappearing/missing files or duplicates. Gruss bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.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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