Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: readdir() optimization for ext3/Linux 2.6

[Florian Weimer]

Ollivier Robert wrote:

> I'd be against (and I think Tom too) putting any kind of FS-specific
> optimisations in Arch. Checking the FS is not enough, under FreeBSD for
> instance, we don't have hashed directories on-disk but with UFS_HASHDIR in
> the kernel, an in-memory hash table is maintained.

ext3 without hashing doesn't have problems with access ordered by
inodes.  I would assume traditional UFS is similar.