linux-kernel - Re: Btrfs: broken file system design (was Unbound(?) internal fragmentation in Btrfs)

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Message-ID: <20100623234031.GF7058@shareable.org>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:40:31 +0100
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@...il.com>
Cc:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>,
	Mat <jackdachef@...il.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	The development of BTRFS <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Btrfs: broken file system design (was Unbound(?) internal 	fragmentation in Btrfs)

Edward Shishkin wrote:
> I have noticed that events in Btrfs develop by scenario not predicted
> by the paper of academic Ohad Rodeh (in spite of the announce that
> Btrfs is based on this paper). This is why I have started to grumble..

In btrfs, "based on" means "started with the algorithm and ideas of",
not "uses the same algorithm as".

-- Jamie
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