oops :) I don't follow that well ... size of in-core inodes is a different problem. thanks, Alex >>>>> Linus Torvalds (LT) writes: LT> On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> Just as an example: ext3 _sucks_ in many ways. It has huge inodes that >> take up way too much space in memory. LT> Btw, I'm not kidding you on this one. LT> THE NUMBER ONE MEMORY USAGE ON A LOT OF LOADS IS EXT3 INODES IN MEMORY! LT> And you know what? 2TB files are totally uninteresting to 99.9999% of all LT> people. Most people find it _much_ more interesting to have hundreds of LT> thousands of _smaller_ files instead. LT> So do this: LT> cat /proc/slabinfo | grep ext3 LT> and be absolutely disgusted and horrified by the size of those inodes LT> already, and ask yourself whether extending the block size to 48 bits will LT> help or further hurt one of the biggest problems of ext3 right now? LT> (And yes, I realize that block numbers are just a small part of it. The LT> "vfs_inode" is also a real problem - it's got _way_ too many large LT> list-heads that explode on a 64-bit kernel, for example. Oh, well. My LT> point is that things like this can make a very real issue _worse_ for all LT> the people who don't care one whit about it) LT> Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
