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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:39:12 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>
Cc:        fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: the namei cache... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.95.970424193241.13258B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <736.861877581@critter>

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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> >What's wrong with relying on the hash?
> 
> It's not needed.

How would the link list version fare under degenerate cases like large
directories?

With hashing you can work on the hashing algorithm.  Btw, what is the hash
key now?  vp+name[20]?

Mike




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