From: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: htree indexing and 64-bit file systems
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:06:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vdrmiefj.fsf@frosties.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090203233108.GW14762@mit.edu> (Theodore Tso's message of "Tue, 3 Feb 2009 18:31:08 -0500")
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 05:22:02PM -0500, Valerie Aurora Henson wrote:
>> I've just been ignoring htree indexing for now, but the regression
>> failure in Ted's rebased 64bit tree looks suspiciously htree-related.
>>
>> What's the interaction between htree and 64 bit file systems? What
>> needs to change, if anything?
>
> There shouldn't be any. The block numbers used in htree are logical
> block numbers (i.e., block 0 is the first block in the directory,
> block 1 is the 2nd block i the directory, etc.)
>
> - Ted
What if the directory is REALLY HUGE? :) Say >68.719.476.736 files.
Can ext4 64bit have directories >8TiB?
MfG
Goswin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-07 13:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-03 22:22 htree indexing and 64-bit file systems Valerie Aurora Henson
2009-02-03 23:31 ` Theodore Tso
2009-02-07 13:06 ` Goswin von Brederlow [this message]
2009-02-07 15:54 ` Theodore Tso
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