Re: VM Requirement Document - v0.0

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:14:19 +0100 (BST)


> > Updatedb is a bit odd in that it mostly sucks in metadata and the buffer to
> > page cache balancing is a bit suspect IMHO.
>
> In 2.4.6-pre, the buffer cache is no longer used for metata, right?

For ext2 directory blocks the page cache is now used
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