Re: [rfc] Near-constant time directory index for Ext2

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:35:34 +0000 (GMT)

> Daniel Phillips wrote:
> >
> > There will be a lot fewer metadata index
> > blocks in your directory file, for one thing.
> >
>
> Oh yes, another thing: a B-tree directory structure does not need
> metadata index blocks.

Before people get excited about complex tree directory indexes, remember to
solve the other 95% before implementation - recovering from lost blocks,
corruption and the like
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