linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH -v2] ext4: add max_dir_size

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Date:	Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:10:29 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...mcloud.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] ext4: add max_dir_size_kb mount option

On 2012-08-11, at 1:26 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 09:22:39PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> 
>> In our patch, it returns EFBIG, since it isn't really a case of
>> being out of space for blocks or inodes.
> 
> I agree, EFBIG seems to be a better errno.
> 
> How did you configure the directory size limit, BTW?  Did you use a
> mount option, if so, what did you name it?

It was configured via /sys/fs/ext4/{dev}/max_dir_size, but the units
were bytes instead of kbytes.  Not many sites use this value, so if
it needs to be renamed .../max_dir_size_kb it wouldn't be fatal - we
could modify our patch to allow both, and print a deprecation message
if the old one is used.  It will likely still be a few years before
distros are running 3.6 (or whatever kernel this patch is included in).
At least we wouldn't have to carry that patch in perpetuity.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger                       Whamcloud, Inc.
Principal Lustre Engineer            http://www.whamcloud.com/

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