Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: [PATCH] sparc32: wrong type of nlink_t

Oleg Drokin (green@namesys.com)
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:07:48 +0400


Hello!

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:52:34PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:

> > And a pretty straightforward one, too. Convert the internal reiserfs
> > link stuff to an unsigned short, find NLINK_MAX using the code I posted
> Too bad it is 32bit nlink field in on disk format ;)
> We're only talking about what the user is told is the
> nlink value, not what you happen to compute and put/get
> from disk.

Yes, I just parsed that suggestion above incorrectly ;)

> Your nlink can be legitimately 128-bits if you want, it
> still can be made to work :-)

Yes, I know. That's what I plan to do ;)

Bye,
Oleg
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