From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Waychison Subject: Re: [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:58:50 -0500 Message-ID: <419BAD7A.6040303@sun.com> References: <84144f0204111602136a9bbded@mail.gmail.com> <20041116120226.A27354@pauline.vellum.cz> <20041116163314.GA6264@kroah.com> <16795.33515.187015.492860@thebsh.namesys.com> <16795.35688.634029.21478@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <16795.37202.793499.93514@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: Nikita Danilov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from brmea-mail-4.Sun.COM ([192.18.98.36]:49085 "EHLO brmea-mail-4.sun.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262429AbUKQT7M (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:59:12 -0500 Received: from phys-mpk-2 ([129.146.11.82]) by brmea-mail-4.sun.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iAHJxAux008953 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:59:11 -0700 (MST) Received: from conversion-daemon.mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com by mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.24 (built Dec 19 2003)) id <0I7C00C01A2RTR@mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com> (original mail from Michael.Waychison@Sun.COM) for linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:59:10 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: To: Jan Engelhardt Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>Unless, of course, by "polluted" you mean that output of "cat >>/proc/self/mounts" becomes longer. > > > Precisely that. I recall there once was "you're exceeding the maximum number of > filesystems" or such, has that "bug"/"non-feature" been lifted? > Two issues are resolved in current 2.6: - /proc/mounts used to be limitted to a page of data, fixed mid 2.4 - there used to be a limit of pseudo-block backed filesystems in a system, which was fixed by distros by using multiple majors, fixed properly in 2.6.4-rc1 - -- Mike Waychison Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1 (650) 352-5299 voice 1 (416) 202-8336 voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: The opinions expressed in this email are held by me, and may not represent the views of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBm616dQs4kOxk3/MRAgmbAJ9M9h6/Jp94h9cAr3u167CFLSa/5QCfYng3 w6QNoKtus1zExR7pRXXhVqQ= =23z1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----