From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Tue Jun 12 05:29:04 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D5E101B3A0; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:29:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B3DF6D9B4; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w5C5T0mC031587; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:29:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w5C5T0F8031586; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:29:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201806120529.w5C5T0F8031586@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r334971 - head/sbin/dump In-Reply-To: <20180612071617.43bc6ad8@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> To: "O. Hartmann" Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:29:00 -0700 (PDT) CC: Warner Losh , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Reply-To: rgrimes@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:29:04 -0000 > On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:32:45 +0000 (UTC) > Warner Losh 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > 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, This 512k limitiation was a short lived miss understanding of the code and a correct fix that should resolve the issue has been commited, I am doing futher testing at this time on a large file system to confirm imp@'s fix. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org