Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262899AbUKXXAe (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:00:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262825AbUKXXA3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:00:29 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:10937 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262895AbUKXWrV (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:47:21 -0500 To: oliver@neukum.org CC: avi@argo.co.il, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, torvalds@Osdl.ORG, hbryan@us.ibm.com, akpm@Osdl.ORG, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pavel@ucw.cz In-reply-to: <200411242001.59504.oliver@neukum.org> (message from Oliver Neukum on Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:01:58 +0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace References: <41A47B67.6070108@argo.co.il> <200411242001.59504.oliver@neukum.org> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:20:25 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 14 > Both are limited in the number of pages they can dirty by the number > of pages available. If you are willing to limit your filesystem the same > way you enjoy the same benefit. This limitation will in the worst case cause a performance problem, but userspace filesystems will have inferior performace to in-kernel filesystems anyway. So I don't regard this a problem. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/