linux-kernel - Re: READDIRPLUS max mount option

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Date:	Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:16:36 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Kyle Rose <krose@...se.org>
cc:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: READDIRPLUS max mount option


On Mar 7 2008 16:04, Kyle Rose wrote:
>> Since we're talking about what is really a quite arbitrary limit, I can
>> certainly see an argument for why we might want a way to change it, but
>> I'm still not convinced that we need to be setting this parameter at the
>> mountpoint level.
>
> Fair enough.  A proc entry to alter this globally would be an acceptable
> compromise for me, even if my local sysadmins might not like it.
>
sysfs, no? A module parameter is easy for a global default and is
the minimum thing to do :)
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