Re: LogFS

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Aug 27, 2006, at 13:17:28, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Sun, 27 August 2006 01:32:45 -0400, Ian Lindsay wrote:
> >  +/* FIXME: This should really be somewhere in the 64bit area. */
> >  +#define LOGFS_LINK_MAX (2^30)
> >
> > Interesting choice of constant.
>
> Yes.  I didn't spend a long time thinking about whether it should  
> be 2^31 or 2^31-1 or 2^31-2.  It will be a while before it becomes  
> an issue in real life anyway. :)

Uhm, I think his point is that "^" is the xor operation:
  2^30   == 28
  2^31   == 29
  2^21-1 == 28
  2^21-2 == 31

Probably what you wanted was something more like this:

  # define LOGFS_LINK_MAX (1<<30)

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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