On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:13:54 +0000 Gargoyle <g...@rgoyle.com> wrote: > I've just made the switch from Ubuntu to Fedora 33 for my main > desktop system. Of the few teething problems I am going through, the > initial 8192 limit for fs.inotify.max_user_watches was probably > causing the most side effects. > > If not, then perhaps the default should be significantly increased > with the aim of removing the problem for new users with modern > desktop/laptop machines which probably have 4GB+ RAM.
A dynamic default is being tackled directly at kernel level. There is a currently in-progress patch on linux-fsdevel for this, first revision is at https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20201026204418.23197-1-long...@redhat.com/. For further context, see https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/637 Ciao, Luca _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
