On Mon, 18 May 2009 12:13:51 -0700 Michael Shields <mshields@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ext2.txt says that dirs can have 32,768 subdirs, but the actual value > of EXT2_LINK_MAX is 32000. > ext3 is the same, but the doc does not mention it. __One of ext4's > features is to "fix 32000 subdirectory limit". > > --- linux-2.6.29.3/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt.orig 2009-05-08 > 15:47:21.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.29.3/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt 2009-05-18 > 12:03:58.000000000 -0700 > @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ an upper limit on the block size imposed > __so 8kB blocks are only allowed on Alpha systems (and other architectures > __which support larger pages). > > -There is an upper limit of 32768 subdirectories in a single directory. > +There is an upper limit of 32000 subdirectories in a single directory. > > __There is a "soft" upper limit of about 10-15k files in a single directory > __with the current linear linked-list directory implementation. __This limit > -- The patch is wordwrapped and has weird non-ascii characters in the changelog text. I fixed all that up. Please fix your email client for future patches. Please include a Signed-off-by:, as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
