Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:57:23 -0800
From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@comcast.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:36:03PM -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> >
> >On the other hand, dynamic allocation of inodes is interesting, as it means
> >you're not screwed if over time, the NBPI value for the filesystem changes 
> >(or
> >if you simply guessed wrong at mkfs time) and you run out of inodes when 
> >you
> >still have space free.  Reiserfs V3 already does this, in fact...
> >
> 
> As does JFS.  Anyone know about XFS?

Yes, XFS has dynamic inodes also.
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