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@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Quota subsystem
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Quota subsystem allows system administrator to set limits on used space and
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-number of used inodes (inode is a filesystem structure which is associated
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-with each file or directory) for users and/or groups. For both used space and
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-number of used inodes there are actually two limits. The first one is called
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-softlimit and the second one hardlimit. An user can never exceed a hardlimit
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-for any resource. User is allowed to exceed softlimit but only for limited
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-period of time. This period is called "grace period" or "grace time". When
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-grace time is over, user is not able to allocate more space/inodes until he
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-frees enough of them to get below softlimit.
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+number of used inodes (inode is a filesystem structure which is associated with
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+each file or directory) for users and/or groups. For both used space and number
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+of used inodes there are actually two limits. The first one is called softlimit
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+and the second one hardlimit. An user can never exceed a hardlimit for any
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+resource (unless he has CAP_SYS_RESOURCE capability). User is allowed to exceed
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+softlimit but only for limited period of time. This period is called "grace
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+period" or "grace time". When grace time is over, user is not able to allocate
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+more space/inodes until he frees enough of them to get below softlimit.
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Quota limits (and amount of grace time) are set independently for each
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filesystem.
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@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ in parentheses):
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QUOTA_NL_BSOFTLONGWARN - space (block) softlimit is exceeded
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longer than given grace period.
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QUOTA_NL_BSOFTWARN - space (block) softlimit
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+ - four warnings are also defined for the event when user stops
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+ exceeding some limit:
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+ QUOTA_NL_IHARDBELOW - inode hardlimit
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+ QUOTA_NL_ISOFTBELOW - inode softlimit
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+ QUOTA_NL_BHARDBELOW - space (block) hardlimit
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+ QUOTA_NL_BSOFTBELOW - space (block) softlimit
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QUOTA_NL_A_DEV_MAJOR (u32)
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- major number of a device with the affected filesystem
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QUOTA_NL_A_DEV_MINOR (u32)
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