linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: add max_dir_size

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:38:10 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: add max_dir_size_kb mount option

On 8/10/12 2:23 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 
> So it is useful, in cloud server/data center environments, to be able
> to set a filesystem-wide cap on the maximum size of a directory, to
> ensure that directories never get larger than a sane size.  We do this
> via a new mount option, max_dir_size_kb.  If there is an attempt to
> grow the directory larger than max_dir_size_kb, the system call will
> return ENOSPC instead.

Can the commit message also describe more about the problem: how bad
it is, the root cause, and why it's so hard to fix properly?

Please also update Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt so people
know for sure what the use & intent of this new knob is.

I guess it's self explanatory in the name but docs are easy & good.

-Eric
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