Author: Cyborg Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] exim maildirsize quota calculation in the face of
symlinks
Am 16.02.22 um 14:46 schrieb Maarten van Baarsel via Exim-users: > I'd like to say thanks for the replies, and ask for guidance how to
> put this on the feature-addition-list so that it won't be forgotten, I
> did find the problem Cyborg was alluding to in a post from a while ago :)
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> I had a quick look at the code but did not see a fast path to a fix.
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> Maarten.
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Just an idea:
Calc() ...
array = new array();
Loop:
file = openfile( ... );
if file.inode.linkcounter == 1 || array.get( file.inode.id ) ==
NULL {
array.put( file.inode.id );
count file.size
} // skip if it's a known hardlink
(note: the linkcounter check is actually obsolete, because it would not
matter. It's just for illustration. )
IMHO, it's dovecot who's causing this by adding hardlinks to files in
the first place. it's not Exims fault, even if it could avoid this
"miscount" easily.
