Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:04:16 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:42488 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:04:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:04:16 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , Chris Mason , lkml Subject: Re: [patch 12/16] fix race between writeback and unlink Message-ID: <20020604180416.E9111@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3CFD25A2.FCC7F66A@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:37:26PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > That's a good start, but before even egtting that far there is some need > for a way to get a picture of the FS layout in a reasonably fs-independent > way. Al Viro actually came up with a beautiful mechanism for it: present the filesystem's metadata as a filesystem itself. Blocks within a particular inode can then be viewed with cat, and suggested replacements can be made via echo. Such a best could be called ext2metafs and work cooperatively with the existing filesystem code. It's quite an elegant design that has utility beyond the simple case of defragmenting. > Add a nice graphical front-end, and you can make it a useful screen-saver. Heh, that would be excellent. -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." - 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/