Re: Yet another base64 patch

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Apr 14, 2005, 16:58 UTC
Message-ID: <425EA152.4090506@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0504140038450.7211@ppc970.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> I'll tell you why a flat object directory format simply isn't an option.
> 
> Hint: maximum directory size. It's limited by n_link, and it's almost
> universally a 16-bit number on Linux (and generally artifically limited to
> 32000 entries).
> 
> In other words, if you ever expect to have more than 32000 objects, a flat 
> space simply isn't possible.
>

Eh?! n_link limits the number of *subdirectories* a directory can contain, not the number of *entries*.

	-hpa