Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

XFS currently has to deal with two separate inode lifecycles which makes for complexity in inode lookups and reclaim. We also have the problem of not always having a linux inode around when it might ...

Nonvolatile memory offers the promise of fast, byte-addressable storage that persists over power cycles. Taking advantage of that promise requires the imposition of some sort of directory structure so ...