linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3] Add largedir feature

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Message-ID: <20170622011142.gu5qdyqsmuox7v4f@thunk.org>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:11:42 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:     Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...il.com>,
        linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Lyashkov <alexey.lyashkov@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        Yang Sheng <yang.sheng@...el.com>,
        Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...gate.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add largedir feature

On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 05:17:05PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On May 6, 2017, at 12:19 PM, Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...il.com> 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.
> 
> Please also credit the original author.  Yang Sheng has been maintaining this
> patch and is listed as the author of the patches for other kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liang Zhen <liang.zhen@...el.com>
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Sheng <yang.sheng@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@...gate.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted