linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Add largedir feature

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Message-ID: <20170430005953.m74yjettitj7mzr6@thunk.org>
Date:   Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:59:53 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        alexey.lyashkov@...il.com, Yang Sheng <yang.sheng@...el.com>,
        Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...gate.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add largedir feature

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 05:51:17AM -0400, Artem Blagodarenko wrote:
> From: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...il.com>
> 
> This INCOMPAT_LARGEDIR feature allows larger directories to be created
> in ldiskfs, both with directory sizes over 2GB and and a maximum htree
> depth of 3 instead of the current limit of 2. These features are needed
> in order to exceed the current limit of approximately 10M entries in a
> single directory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Sheng <yang.sheng@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...gate.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted