Re: XFS directory entries sort order

["Barry Naujok" <bnaujok@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:58:57 +1000, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > readdir order is not dependant on the hashes. The order depends on the
> > order of files being created, unlinked and the length of the filenames
> > being unlinked/created.
> Thanks for the correction. It's a long time that I read that source
> so it probably got confused with some other fs.
If I read the code correctly, in node-form directories, it will try and
use the same data block that other names with the same hash are located in.

Barry.