Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!stc!concurrent!awy
From: awy@concurrent.co.uk (Alan Young)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Free inode-list exhaustion
Message-ID: <778@sl10c.concurrent.co.uk>
Date: 16 Jan 89 09:11:23 GMT
Reply-To: Alan Young <awy@concurrent.co.uk>
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp (ESDG), Slough, U.K.
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Some time ago (about a year) there was considerable discussion about a
problem with exhaustion of the free-inode list of a mounted file system.
This was most commonly observed on file systems supporting Usenet News. 
As I recall the basis of the problem was a flaw in the algorithm for
refreshing the in-core free list from the disk and that this was only
exercised on file systems with a high turnover of inodes. 

I need to fix this.  I believe that the original discussion included
source fixes to the relevant kernel module.  Would some knowledgeable
soul please enlighten me, preferably by e-mail.