linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Add romfs version 2

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20070717192100.GE11166@waste.org>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:21:01 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Lindsay Roberts <lindsay.roberts.os@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	celinux-dev@...e.celinuxforum.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Add romfs version 2

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 01:36:35AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:01:48 +1000 "Lindsay Roberts" <lindsay.roberts.os@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > * Increases romfs partition size limit from 2GB to 4GB.

That seems worthwhile.

> > * Adds new derivative of romfs filesystem (rom2fs) with
> >   block aligned regular file data to bring performance
> >   parity with ext2/3. This is about 225% of the read
> >   speed of the existing romfs.

Doesn't that make these filesystems much bigger? By, on average, .5k
per file? Or, if I'm understanding things correctly, ~1k?

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
-
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/