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Re: Volume too big

To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Volume too big
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:12:00 -0600
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Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>> (Hm, argument list too long is an interesting result tho...)
> 
> I suppose it's right here:
> 
> #if XFS_BIG_BLKNOS     /* Limited by ULONG_MAX of page cache index */ 
>         if (nblocks >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - sbp->sb_blocklog) > ULONG_MAX)
>                 return E2BIG;
> #else                  /* Limited by UINT_MAX of sectors */ 
> 

Yeah, I really think the E2BIGs in xfs should probably be swapped for
EFBIG; more helpful error message.

-Eric


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