[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS vs Inotify (as represented by Beagle)

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.61-042.0703261006380.1487@johnstown.andrew.cmu.edu>,Derr
ick J Brashear writes:
>That's not really a fix, it's a workaround.

i did say quick fix.

>> in the long term the linux afs client could be made to just keep growing
>> the number of afs inodes as necessary.  for 2.6 these inodes come from
>> a dynamic pool.  this might slow down some afs operations though since
>
>We should probably actually look at doing it this way.

i dont think afs_vcount/afs_maxvcount can be eliminated entirely
for linux.  you still need to shake the dcache tree periodically.
perhaps afs_maxvcount should be doubled when it gets exceeded (with an
optional warning).