> > More than ~32,000 files in one directory: XFS or reiser > > Ext3 can easily have more than 32000 *files* in a directory. However, > it can only have 32000 *subdirectories* in a directory. This limit is > from struct ext3_inode->i_links_count, which is an __le16: each > subdirectory has an entry ".." that links back to its parent increasing > the parents i_links_count. I was always wondering why it increases link_count of the parent directory when creating a subdirectory. It is clear that .. points to the parent, but the subdirectory cannot exist without its parent and you cannot delete the parent if it is not empty. Correct me if I am wrong. What is the link_count (incremented by subdirectories) used for? Is it ext2/3 specific or should it be implemented in such a way by other FS too? I am asking becuse I see no reason why to do so in our FS. Cheers, Tomas - 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
