Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:03:04 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Subject: Re: you are in an fs with millions of small files Message-ID: <20050608080304.GB1226@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <86zmu1l223.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <17059.7150.269428.448187@roam.psg.com> <42A4D5D0.9040500@elischer.org> <42A59367.6060307@centtech.com> <20050607175242.D61131@fledge.watson.org> <86ll5lmhs3.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050608074613.GA979@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <86zmu1l223.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On 2005-06-08 09:50, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> writes: > > Is there a better way to sort a linked list (not necessarily a > > singly-linked list, like the one fts_link is used for). > > Don't build a linked list to begin with. Hehe. Exactly. > The comparison function is known at the time the directory entries are > read, so it should be a simple matter to read them into a red-black > tree instead of a singly- linked list. I'm working on a patch. Thanks :)
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