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The Hairy State of Linux Filesystems

Posted by timothy on from the when-shrinkage-is-what-you-want dept.

RazvanM writes "Do the OSes really shrink? Perhaps the user space (MySQL, CUPS) is getting slimmer, but how about the internals? Using as a metric the number of external calls between the filesystem modules and the rest of the Linux kernel I argue that this is not the case. The evidence is a graph that shows the evolution of 15 filesystems from 2.6.11 to 2.6.28 along with the current state (2.6.28) for 24 filesystems. Some filesystems that stand out are: nfs for leading in both number of calls and speed of growth; ext4 and fuse for their above-average speed of growth and 9p for its roller coaster path."

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  1. Re:Do the number of calls really matter? by Culture20 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The last thing I want is a level 5 dwarf (haha) providing me my OS.

    I know feeding Trolls is bad form, but:
    What about a level 3 Wwwyzzard d dot com providing your BBS connection? Last time I _had_ to compile something was almost a decade ago.

  2. Re:Do the number of calls really matter? by ComaVN · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Truely a Slashdot icon. You will be missed.

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  3. Re:Do the number of calls really matter? by yahwotqa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe because moderating is about promoting good or bad posts, not good or bad posters. That post _was_ funny, so I don't see why shouldn't it be modded accordingly.

  4. Re:Do the number of calls really matter? by DarkAvZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Last time I _had_ to compile something was almost a decade ago.

    I'm a gentoo user, you insensitive clod!

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