linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4

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Message-Id: <1213269686.4994.105.camel@raven.themaw.net>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:21:26 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4


On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 09:02 +0200, Jesper Krogh wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 14:40 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> > The patch below is sufficiently different to the original patch I posted
> > to warrant a replacement rather than a correction.
> 
> I'll patch that in now and see what it gives. (Is it preferred
> to use this --ghost option or not?) What would you suggest?

It is a matter of choice mostly.
If you have a large number of entries in your map then don't use it. It
will result in a performance hit especially during expires.

Ian


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