Increasing REISERFS_LINK_MAX

[Marco Gruss <marco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey there,

I'm using reiserfs on a system that keeps backups. In order to
save space, I make very heavy use of hardlinks (using cp -al
for duplicating a tree and also using the excellent rdfind from
http://hem.bredband.net/pauls/rdfind/rdfind.html). I have now
run into the maximum link limit per file of 63535 (2^16-1001).

First thought: "Just increase it and go on". Then I thought
that this limit probably isn't there for fun; so here's my
question: Is it safe to increase REISERFS_LINK_MAX exceeding
unsigned int, or will horrible breakage occur?

Thanks in advance for any input.

   Marco

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