Re: what does /proc/sys/kernel/inode-nr represent?

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:28:19 +0000 (GMT)


Hi there.

>> I understand /proc/sys/kernel/file-nr, but not inode-nr. What
>> does this info mean? (two values) and does it ever decrease?
>> Mine's hovering at about 90000.

>> I think my VFS "no more inode" problem was related to having
>> too small of an inode-max, so I've since increased it to
>> 131072.

> Something is very wrong on your system if you need to set
> inode-max that high. It appears that something you're using is
> causing an inode leak.

Alternatively, he's got a large number of large capacity disks...

Best wishes from Riley.

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