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SubjectRe: a lot of used inode in 2.1.x kernels
John Alvord wrote:
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> Does controlling inodes also control dentry's?

Yes, reducing max_inodes also limits dentry growth proportionally. The
number of dentries can exceed the number of inodes, as some dentries are
"negative" (indicating that a file doesn't exist), but only by a
proportion of the inode count.

So setting a sensible inode limit for small-memory machines helps with
both inode and dentry memory.

Regards,
Bill

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