Subject: Re: unintended consequences of ffs_dirpref()?
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/16/2001 11:54:26
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:46:23PM -0500, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> How about, instead:
>
> - scan once looking for cs_nbfree > 0; return best found if any
> - scan once looking for cs_nffree > 0; return best found if any
> - return 0; mkdir will fail because the disk is full.
>
> This has the advantage that the second pass will not pick a completely
> full cylinder group..
Oh, sure, that'll work, too.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>