[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] include: image.mk: ext4: double the default inode counter

[John Crispin]

NAK, please dont fiddle with inode counts. change the blocksize or the
default mkfs_ext4 uses.

	John

On 12/11/2016 09:26, Bastian Bittorf wrote:
> A rootfs typically has lots of small files, so the default
> counter with 1024 inodes for 16 megabytes partition size can
> be too restrictive and leads to e.g.
> 
> root at box:/ touch /etc/config/test
> touch: /etc/config/test: No space left on device
> 
> the solution is to just double the amount of inodes
> during image creation, so a 16mb part has 2048 inodes.
> 
> see also:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2016-November/003977.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Bittorf <bb at npl.de>
> ---
>  include/image.mk | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
> index 8b183ab..e74a71d 100644
> --- a/include/image.mk
> +++ b/include/image.mk
> @@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ define Image/mkfs/ubifs
>  		-o $@ -d $(call mkfs_target_dir,$(1))
>  endef
>  
> +# doubles the default inode amount
> +INODES=$(shell echo $$(($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE)*64*2)))
>  E2SIZE=$(shell echo $$(($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE)*1024*1024)))
>  
>  define Image/mkfs/ext4
>  	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/make_ext4fs \
> -		-l $(E2SIZE) -b $(CONFIG_TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE) \
> +		-l $(E2SIZE) -i $(INODES) -b $(CONFIG_TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE) \
>  		$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_EXT4_RESERVED_PCT),-m $(CONFIG_TARGET_EXT4_RESERVED_PCT)) \
>  		$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_EXT4_JOURNAL),,-J) \
>  		$(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),-T $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)) \
>