From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:04:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:04:16 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:11526 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:04:03 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Maximum files per Directory Date: 1 May 2001 15:03:44 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9cnbs0$uk3$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <272800000.988750082@hades> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Alan Cox In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > cyrus-imapd i ran into problems. > > At about 2^15 files the filesystem gave up, telling me that there cannot be > > more files in a directory. > > > > Is this a vfs-Issue or an ext2-issue? > > Bit of both. You exceeded the max link count, and your performance would have > been abominable too. cyrus should be using heirarchies of directories for > very large amounts of stuff. > But also showing, once again, that this particular scalability problem really is a headache for some people. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt