[Discuss] Linux file systems

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Since a B-Tree is a single root structure, yes, he migrates from a pure
B-Tree to a multiple-root structure, but it does appear that it is
somewhat of a modified B-Tree.

Unix/Linux file systems pose an interesting dilema. In the past, there
was an array with an inode being the root for file (or directory). And
as Matthew mentions, hard links pose a problem.

On 03/28/2014 10:07 AM, Mike Small wrote:
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:
>
>> I'm a fan of btree file systems going back to the 1970s. IBM used it on
>> their mainframes (VSAM) back then.
>>
> Funny, I was just reading how Matthew Dillon intends to change from using
> btree in Hammer 1 to something else in Hammer 2:
> http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/sys/vfs/hammer2/DESIGN
> (via http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2014/03/18/13651.html)
>
> I don't pretend to understand the implications or pretty much anything
> in that design document, just thought you might find it interesting.
>

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