From ad2daa981e6b23b6560ed03b793e18201dfa8640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:54:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs to say that a pointer to an inode should not limit you to 64 open files. --- doc/filesys.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/filesys.texi b/doc/filesys.texi index 1f10143..f2c7da9 100644 --- a/doc/filesys.texi +++ b/doc/filesys.texi @@ -424,8 +424,10 @@ corresponding sector from disk when it's created. Keeping extra copies of inodes would subvert the 64-block limitation that we place on your cache. -You can store a pointer to inode data in @struct{inode}, if you want, -and you can store other information to help you find the inode when you +You can store a pointer to inode data in @struct{inode}, but it you do +so you should carefully make sure that this does not limit your OS to 64 +simultaneously open files. +You can also store other information to help you find the inode when you need it. Similarly, you may store some metadata along each of your 64 cache entries. -- 2.30.2