> Sep 29 18:08:01 aurania kernel: shrink_inodes: freeing 1
> Sep 29 18:08:01 aurania kernel: shrink_inodes: freeing 4
> Sep 29 18:08:01 aurania kernel: shrink_inodes: freeing 2
>
> I understand that new inode management has been introduced in Bill's
> patch, and it looks like it's an excellent feature, but I would like to make
> sure.. is this an actual bug in the patch, or a feature that will be added to
> the next kernel?
The shrink messages don't indicate a problem -- it's just letting you
know that the system has started shrinking the inode pool. You can just
comment the printk out in fs/inode.c.
I think it's too early to tell whether a shrinkable inode pool is better
than the existing practice or not. It seems to work fine, but then the
existing inode management in 2.1.57 was working pretty well too.
Regards,
Bill