Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from ebox.rath.org ([173.255.235.238]:53021 "EHLO ebox.rath.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750947Ab1JVUsM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:48:12 -0400 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: Does NFS4 need st_gen? From: Nikolaus Rath Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:10:46 -0400 To: Boaz Harrosh CC: Trond Myklebust , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <76b3967b-5604-43c9-abd1-06c1b3a7e22c@email.android.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. It's called a bug, they are known to appear occasionally in computer software. > >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. I merely answered the question of why I was interested in generation numbers in NFS4. Best, Nikolaus -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.