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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:16:22 +0200
From:      "O. Hartmann" <ohartmann@walstatt.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r334971 - head/sbin/dump
Message-ID:  <20180612071617.43bc6ad8@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>
In-Reply-To: <201806111932.w5BJWjFX046044@repo.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:32:45 +0000 (UTC)
Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Author: imp
> Date: Mon Jun 11 19:32:45 2018
> New Revision: 334971
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/334971
> 
> Log:
>   Document the newly enforced 524288 inode restriction.
> 
> Modified:
>   head/sbin/dump/dump.8
> 
> Modified: head/sbin/dump/dump.8
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/sbin/dump/dump.8	Mon Jun 11 19:32:40 2018	(r334970)
> +++ head/sbin/dump/dump.8	Mon Jun 11 19:32:45 2018	(r334971)
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  .\"     @(#)dump.8	8.3 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
>  .\" $FreeBSD$
>  .\"
> -.Dd October 3, 2016
> +.Dd June 11, 2018
>  .Dt DUMP 8
>  .Os
>  .Sh NAME
> @@ -566,3 +566,8 @@ This will be fixed in a later version of
>  .Fx .
>  Presently, it works if you set it setuid (like it used to be), but this
>  might constitute a security risk.
> +.Pp
> +It is not possible to safely dump filesystems that use more than
> +524288 inodes.
> +.Nm
> +refuses to dump any filesystem that has more than 524288 inodes.
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Hello.

Is this limitation going to be eternal or are efforts being made to make it
possible to go beyond this limitations? Just for curiosity ...

Thanks in advance,

oh


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