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SubjectRe: why is the size of a directory always 1024b ?
Hi Ted.

>> Actually, it isn't - it is deliberately 12 BLOCKS. True, this
>> is 12k on a 1k block filesystem, but it is 48k on a 4k block
>> filesystem. I'm not sure whether this was intentional or a bug in
>> the mklost+found code.

> It was deliberately chosen to be 12 blocks, but arguably 48k is
> more space than is really necessary. Probably not a disaster in
> the grand scheme of things, but I will think about changing this
> in future revisions of mke2fs.

Probably a more sensible rule would be to say 16k or 1 block,
whichever is smaller. Note that on 8k file systems, 12k is not an
integral number of blocks, but 16k is, hence the change.

Related to this, can I pass on a question I was recently asked: How
does Linux deal with a corrupted partition where the lost+found entry
is itself corrupted? Does it even detect that?

Best wishes from Riley.

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