linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make last_inode counter in new_inode 32-bit on kernels that offer x86 compatability

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Message-Id: <1162921983.8123.22.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:53:03 -0600
From:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...nheim.fh-wedel.de>
Cc:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make last_inode counter in new_inode 32-bit on kernels
	that offer x86 compatability

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 18:42 +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Tue, 7 November 2006 18:28:35 +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > 
> > Anyway, here is a first patch converting some callers that looked
> > obvious.
> 
> Next patch with the not-so-obvious ones.  I believe this patch is
> correct, but someone should double-check it.
> 
> Jfs really surprised me.  It appears as if it just takes the number
> returned from new_inode in some cases - unbelievable.

jfs set it in diInitInode() (pardon the uglyMixedCaps), which is called
in several places under diAlloc().  diAlloc() is called after
new_inode() for most inodes.  The exceptions are for special inodes,
which also initialize i_ino in some manner.

Shaggy
-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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