[PATCH] Check if the idmap_hash range is big enough

[Andreas Schneider]

On Friday, 17 February 2017 18:44:34 CET Michael Adam wrote:
> > -	idmap config * : range = 1000-4000000000
> > +	idmap config * : range = 100000-4000000000
> 
> If you want to catch as much as possible of a domain
> that gets hashed to 0, then the lower bound needs to
> be as low as possible, hence the 1000. But then,
> the first 1000 rids in a domain will be used as well,
> and hence why not skip this first range entirely
> and start at 500000 ? ;-)

Ok, lets start there. I think we should suggest 525000 that is big enough and 
easy to deal with for our users.

> 
> So:
> 
> - the idmap hash module, when used for "idmap config *",
>   ideally should have the full range of
>   0 - 2147483648 which is not quite possible (at the low
>   end at least)...

The best is to start with 500000. 1000 is normally the start for local users.


See attached patchset.


	Andreas


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