linux-kernel - Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

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Message-ID: <46C4893A.4050000@cfl.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:28:26 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
CC:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Michael Tharp <gxti@...tiallystapled.com>,
	alan <alan@...eserver.org>, Marc Perkel <mperkel@...oo.com>,
	LKML Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> What happens if I do a 'mv /home /home1'?  Looks like more than a "relatively
> small" number.  A cold-cache 'find' takes a few minutes to wade through it all,
> so any solutions you come up with should beware of locking issues...

Then the directory is moved.... one dentry on disk needs changed to 
reflect the new name.
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