Re: [9fans] Different representations of the same file/resource in a synthetic FS

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> >> still a hash. i'm not doing anything particularly clever for speed,
> >> and it shows in places.
>
> I lied a bit here: in some cases, for example where a particular query
> would involve going through several (up to a couple of thousand) files
> and subdirectories to compose, i provide a single file that gives me
> that information much faster and in only a fraction of the 9p queries
> it would normally would. it's by no means a general solution to the
> speed problem, but it does get me the data 30-50 times faster...
>
> but i digress...

interstingly, i considered mentioning the old upas/fs trick of the info
file, which i believe is approximately the same hack.  the "xxx" hack
i recently added to the file has table of upas/fs is somewhat the
mirror image of the info file.

i suppose that in the language of standardized assessment tests
technique is to hack as 30x is to 5%.

- erik