linux-ext4 - Re: No space left on device after many files creation

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Message-ID: <4BC48EF7.5030702@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:34:15 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	cy6erGn0m <cy6ergn0m@...il.com>
CC:	tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: No space left on device after many files creation

On 04/13/2010 01:35 AM, cy6erGn0m wrote:

> I know that filesystems is not targeted for this usecase, but inodes
> limit looks strange.. why they are can't be allocated dinamically? Can I

ext2/3/4 don't allocate dynamically; there was some talk of trying to
find a way to do this but it's not really very high on the list at all.

xfs does do this, not sure about other filesystems.

> enlarge this limit on the fly?

No, but since you know your usecase, you can change it at mkfs time to
match what you need.

-Eric
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