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Re: Index/hash order

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IMIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date
Apr 13, 2005, 20:18 UTC
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
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> > I think abusing the immutable bit quickly will decend into the same 
> > rathole which makes u-w often useless.  u-w will actually be preserved 
> > by more tools -- simply because they know about it -- than +i.
> 
> well, the 'owned by another user' solution is valid though, and doesnt 
> have this particular problem. (We've got a secure multiuser OS, so can 
> as well use it to protect the DB against corruption.)

but ... this variant doesnt have any 'wow' feeling to it either, and it clearly brings in a number of other limitations. I might as well shut up until i can suggest something obviously superior :)

	Ingo
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  1. Ingo MolnarApr 13, 2005
  2. H. Peter AnvinApr 13, 2005
  3. Ingo MolnarApr 13, 2005
  4. Ingo MolnarApr 13, 2005
  5. Ingo MolnarApr 13, 2005
  6. Updated base64 patchesH. Peter Anvin, Apr 13, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsApr 13, 2005
  8. enforcing DB immutabilityIngo Molnar, Apr 20, 2005
  9. Ingo MolnarApr 20, 2005
  10. Ingo MolnarApr 20, 2005
  11. Chris WedgwoodApr 20, 2005
  12. Nick Craig-WoodApr 20, 2005
  13. WoutApr 27, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsApr 13, 2005
  15. Baruch EvenApr 13, 2005
  16. Florian WeimerApr 13, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsApr 13, 2005
  18. Florian WeimerApr 13, 2005
  19. Ingo MolnarApr 14, 2005
  20. cache-cold repository performanceIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005

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