Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965664AbWKGSHY (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:07:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965675AbWKGSHY (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:07:24 -0500 Received: from wohnheim.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.233.138]:55517 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965664AbWKGSHX (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:07:23 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:07:05 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Dave Kleikamp Cc: Jeff Layton , Eric Sandeen , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] make last_inode counter in new_inode 32-bit on kernels that offer x86 compatability Message-ID: <20061107180705.GD29746@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20061106182222.GO27140@parisc-linux.org> <1162838843.12129.8.camel@dantu.rdu.redhat.com> <20061106202313.GA691@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <454FA032.1070008@redhat.com> <20061106211134.GB691@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <454FAAF8.8080707@redhat.com> <1162914966.28425.24.camel@dantu.rdu.redhat.com> <20061107172835.GB15629@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20061107174217.GA29746@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <1162921983.8123.22.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1162921983.8123.22.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 913 Lines: 23 On Tue, 7 November 2006 11:53:03 -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote: > On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 18:42 +0100, J?rn Engel wrote: > > > > 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. Yes, even I see it now. Thanks for clearing that up. J?rn -- Joern's library part 10: http://blogs.msdn.com/David_Gristwood/archive/2004/06/24/164849.aspx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/