Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

[Pekka Enberg]

JÃrn Engel wrote:
> Compressing random data will actually enlarge it.  If that happens I
> simply store the verbatim uncompressed data instead and mark it as such.
>
> There is also demand for a user-controlled bit in the inode to disable
> compression completely.  All those .jpg, .mpg, .mp3, etc. just waste
> time by trying and failing to compress them.

So any sane way to enable compression is on per-inode basis which makes 
me still wonder why you need per-object compression.
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