On Sat, 30 May 2009 13:37:24 +0200 Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed 2009-05-27 17:20:45, Andrew Morton wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > > Maybe it would be better to increase EXT2_LINK_MAX to fit the docs? > Could be. afacit filesystems which are created under such a driver will still mount and work OK with older drivers. I have this vague memory that there was a reason for the 32000 thing. -- 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
