linux-kernel - Re: ChunkFS - measuring cross-chunk references

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Date:	Sun, 6 May 2007 18:09:10 -0700
From:	Valerie Henson <val_henson@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Kalpak Shah <kalpak@...syssoft.com>,
	Karuna sagar K <karunasagark@...il.com>,
	Amit Gud <gud@....edu>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ChunkFS - measuring cross-chunk references

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:53:33PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> 
> Also, is it considered a cross-chunk reference if a directory entry is
> referencing an inode in another group?  Should there be a continuation
> inode in the local group, or is the directory entry itself enough?

(Sorry for the delay; just moved to Portland these last couple of
weeks.)

It is a cross-chunk reference - we can't calculate the correct link
count for the target file unless we have a quick way to get all the
directory entries pointing to an inode.  My current scheme is to
create a continuation inode for the directory in the chunk containing
the inode (if the chunk containing the inode is full, create new
continuation inodes for both in a new chunk).

-VAL
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