On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 02:13:48PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Unfortunately, it's not clear to me what that limit actually _is_ for > btrfs. Here's what I know. > > iii. btrfs's limit is on number of links to a file in a single > directory. Spreading links over multiple directories avoids it. > Whatever the actual limit _is_ (I couldn't find clear numbers), > upstream seems to consider it a problem and would probably be > open to patches fixing it.
They intend to fix it, but this needs a format bump, something they do not lightly. The real limit is something like 4096 / ($len_filename + 8) or so. > Corrections? What do you think? Use symlinks. Bastian -- Captain's Log, star date 21:34.5... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
