Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from natasha.panasas.com ([67.152.220.90]:39555 "EHLO natasha.panasas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751670Ab1JVS7m (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:59:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4EA31280.4080407@panasas.com> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:59:12 -0700 From: Boaz Harrosh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nikolaus Rath CC: Trond Myklebust , Subject: Re: Does NFS4 need st_gen? References: <87ipnlcbg8.fsf@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu> <20111019171551.GA32028@fieldses.org> <87d3dsdcf4.fsf@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu> <20111020120207.GL5444@fieldses.org> <877h3za89w.fsf@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu> <20111020195731.GC9987@fieldses.org> <871uu79z7m.fsf@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu> <1319155647.2768.4.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <87vcrisb5y.fsf@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu> <1319212854.4537.9.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <4EA1994D.6060700@rath.org> <1319217023.4537.28.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <4EA1AF6D.60603@rath.org> <4EA30FC7.7080600@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <4EA30FC7.7080600@panasas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/22/2011 11:47 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 10/21/2011 10:44 AM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> Yes, with 64bit inodes everything would be fine. But fuse uses 'long' >> for inodes, so on 32bit systems you only have 32bit inodes even if ino_t >> is 64bit. > > With out knowing any of the details, what kind of brain dead thing is > putting "long" in an API. What do you do with 32bit user-mode on 64bit > Kernel. > API => ABI > 32 bits for inode numbers is a broken system for 15 years already. > Fix the broken FUSE that falsely calls itself File-System and > stop bitching about NFS. It's FUSE you should be hacking and fixing. > > Realy > Boaz > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html