>>> Actually, it isn't - it is deliberately 12 BLOCKS. True, this
>>> is 12k on a 1k block filesystem, but it is 48k on a 4k block
>>> filesystem. I'm not sure whether this was intentional or a bug
>>> in the mklost+found code.
>> It was deliberately chosen to be 12 blocks, but arguably 48k is
>> more space than is really necessary. Probably not a disaster in
>> the grand scheme of things, but I will think about changing this
>> in future revisions of mke2fs.
> Probably a more sensible rule would be to say 16k or 1 block,
> whichever is smaller. Note that on 8k file systems, 12k is not
> an integral number of blocks, but 16k is, hence the change.
I did of course mean "whichever is LARGER" (8-Z)
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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