On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:13:54 +0000 Gargoyle g@rgoyle.com wrote:
I've just made the switch from Ubuntu to Fedora 33 for my main desktop system. Of the few teething problems I am going through, the initial 8192 limit for fs.inotify.max_user_watches was probably causing the most side effects.
If not, then perhaps the default should be significantly increased with the aim of removing the problem for new users with modern desktop/laptop machines which probably have 4GB+ RAM.
A dynamic default is being tackled directly at kernel level. There is a currently in-progress patch on linux-fsdevel for this, first revision is at https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20201026204418.2319.... For further context, see https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/637
Ciao, Luca