linux-kernel - Re: LogFS

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Message-ID: <20060827181245.GA14544@gen.formicary.org>
Date:	Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:12:45 -0400
From:	Ian Lindsay <iml@...micary.org>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...nheim.fh-wedel.de>,
	fsdevel@...nheim.fh-wedel.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: LogFS

> >  +/* FIXME: This should really be somewhere in the 64bit area. */
> >  +#define LOGFS_LINK_MAX (2^30)

> > Interesting choice of constant.

> Yes.  I didn't spend a long time thinking about whether it should be
> 2^31 or 2^31-1 or 2^31-2.  It will be a while before it becomes an
> issue in real life anyway. :)

So, 28 should be enough for everyone?

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