linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCHSET v3] non-recursive pathname resolution & RCU symlinks

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFy7w5cfQwZUtFBwzg9FfMT0_P40xPp0E1XE3HA3mQ_vtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 10:02:04 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHSET v3] non-recursive pathname resolution & RCU symlinks

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Basically, in computer science, pretty much all performance work is
> about caching.

Credit where credit is due. Terje "almost all programming can be
viewed as an exercise in caching" Mathisen.

                  Linus
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