diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index cec829bc7291623da6189de984fedd753ce51450..5c484aec2bab7110d105af2b4388cdaa83a6882f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be * extent format more robust in face of on-disk corruption due to magics, * internal redundancy in tree * improved file allocation (multi-block alloc) -* fix 32000 subdirectory limit +* lift 32000 subdirectory limit imposed by i_links_count[1] * nsec timestamps for mtime, atime, ctime, create time * inode version field on disk (NFSv4, Lustre) * reduced e2fsck time via uninit_bg feature @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be * efficent new ordered mode in JBD2 and ext4(avoid using buffer head to force the ordering) +[1] Filesystems with a block size of 1k may see a limit imposed by the +directory hash tree having a maximum depth of two. + 2.2 Candidate features for future inclusion * Online defrag (patches available but not well tested)