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Date:	Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:21:03 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	esandeen@...hat.com, aviro@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] make static counters in new_inode and iunique be 32 bits

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:47:07PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> When a 32-bit program that was not compiled with large file offsets does a
> stat and gets a st_ino value back that won't fit in the 32 bit field, glibc
> (correctly) generates an EOVERFLOW error. We can't do anything about fs's
> with larger permanent inode numbers, but when we generate them on the fly,
> we ought to try and have them fit within a 32 bit field.
> 
> This patch takes the first step toward this by making the static counters in
> these two functions be 32 bits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>

Ok.
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