Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:30:06 GMT From: Aditya Sarawgi <sarawgi.aditya@gmail.com> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/142597: [ext2fs] ext2fs does not work on filesystems with really big directories Message-ID: <201001251630.o0PGU6T6019037@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/142597; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Aditya Sarawgi <sarawgi.aditya@gmail.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, vermaden@interia.pl Cc: Subject: Re: kern/142597: [ext2fs] ext2fs does not work on filesystems with really big directories Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:54:54 +0000 On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 09:43:26PM +0000, linimon@FreeBSD.org wrote: > Old Synopsis: ext2fs does not work on filesystems with really big directories > New Synopsis: [ext2fs] ext2fs does not work on filesystems with really big directories > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-fs > Responsible-Changed-By: linimon > Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Jan 10 21:43:16 UTC 2010 > Responsible-Changed-Why: > Over to maintainer(s). > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=142597 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, Can you give a rough estimate of the number of files you have in the directory, and if possible at what value is this breaking. The current code supports large_file and I don't think dir_index maybe causing this, the only thing dir_index would do is make the lookup faster. The other thing I would like to know is that when you do ls big_dir do you get the prompt back or ls keeps waiting. Thanks Aditya Sarawgi
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