I think it should be safe to increase REISERFS_LINK_MAX to a number smaller than 2^32, since nlink is 32bits now. I sugguest you can try it in user mode linux or something like qemu or vmware first. On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 02:28:03AM +0200, Marco Gruss wrote: > 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
