From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Default ext inode size
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:56:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <491C8676.8000209@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
I noticed that the default inode size for mkfs in e2fsprogs has been
changed to 256 bytes. I noticed this because I am seeing users complain
that they can no longer access their ext partitions using the windows
driver, which only supports normal 128 byte inodes. I'd like to know
why this default was changed.
As I understand it, the larger inode size means that ea/acl can be
stored directly in the inode. Are there any other benefits? It seems
that using extended attributes is rather uncommon in the first place,
and that when they are used, many files often share them so it would be
better to leave them in the shared data block rather than duplicate them
in every inode. This leaves me wondering where is the common case that
benefits from a larger default inode?
next reply other threads:[~2008-11-13 20:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-13 19:56 Phillip Susi [this message]
2008-11-13 20:14 ` Default ext inode size Kalpak Shah
2008-11-13 20:21 ` Theodore Tso
2008-11-13 20:50 ` Phillip Susi
2008-11-13 21:35 ` Theodore Tso
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