Am Die, 2002-01-29 um 09.19 schrieb Sebastian J. Bronner:
> On Monday 28 January 2002 21:35, you wrote:
> > In fact, there should be no limit on number of files in directory
> > (there is limit on number of subdirs in a dir, but it is the same
> > between v3.5 and v3.6)
> 
> Oops, the limitations of the different versions of ReiserFS somehow got 
> twisted in my memory between reading the FAQ and posting this message.  I can 
> see how the differences listed can be handled on a file-by-file basis.  
> Thanks for your input, Oleg.
> 
> Maximum file size
> 3.5   2**32 bytes == 4 Gbytes
> 3.6   2**60 bytes == 1152921504 Gbytes, but page cache limits this to 17592
> Gbytes on architectures with 32 bit int
> 
> Maximum number of links to a file
> 3.5   2**15 == 32768
> 3.6   2**32 == 4294967296

Hi,
this is not true. The maximum number of links in reiserfs 3.5 and 3.6 is
64535 (not 65535!). With ext2, it's exactly 32000. I wrote a program
which uses heavly hard links, and had problems with this limit.
Does anybody know, why these strange limits exist?

regards,
Heinz-Josef Claes

> 
> Maximum file-system size
> 3.6   2**32 4K blocks == 17592 Gbytes
> -- 
> Sebastian J. Bronner
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