Re: Getting FS access events

Chris Wedgwood (cw@f00f.org)
Tue, 15 May 2001 19:56:07 +1200


On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:13:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

We should not create crap code just because we _can_.

How about removing code?

In 2.5.x is we move fs metadata into the pagecache, do we even need a
buffer cache anymore? Can't we just ditch it completely and make all
device access raw?

It seems to me this is not only simple but also elegant, or perhaps I
am fundamentally missing something?

--cw
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