Concerning the first part of the set, the i_version field of the inode structure has been reused. The field has been redefined from unsigned long to unsigned long long as the counter has to be 64bit. Signed-off-by: Jean Noel Cordenner <jean-noel.cordenner@xxxxxxxx> fs/binfmt_misc.c | 1 + fs/libfs.c | 9 +++++++++ fs/pipe.c | 1 + include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/binfmt_misc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/binfmt_misc.c 2007-05-10 14:14:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/binfmt_misc.c 2007-05-10 14:18:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ inode->i_blocks = 0; inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb); + inode->i_version = 1; } return inode; } Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/libfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/libfs.c 2007-05-10 14:14:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/libfs.c 2007-05-10 17:26:13.000000000 +0200 @@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ root->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR; root->i_uid = root->i_gid = 0; root->i_atime = root->i_mtime = root->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + root->i_version = 1; dentry = d_alloc(NULL, &d_name); if (!dentry) { iput(root); @@ -246,6 +247,8 @@ struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode; inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version++; + dir->i_version++; inc_nlink(inode); atomic_inc(&inode->i_count); dget(dentry); @@ -278,6 +281,8 @@ struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version++; + dir->i_version++; drop_nlink(inode); dput(dentry); return 0; @@ -314,6 +319,8 @@ old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + old_dir->i_version++; + new_dir->i_version++; return 0; } @@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0; inode->i_blocks = 0; inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version = 1; inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations; inode->i_nlink = 2; @@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0; inode->i_blocks = 0; inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version = 1; inode->i_fop = files->ops; inode->i_ino = i; d_add(dentry, inode); Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/pipe.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/pipe.c 2007-05-10 14:14:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/pipe.c 2007-05-10 14:18:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ inode->i_uid = current->fsuid; inode->i_gid = current->fsgid; inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version = 1; return inode; Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2007-04-26 16:23:59.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/include/linux/fs.h 2007-05-10 17:23:38.000000000 +0200 @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ uid_t i_uid; gid_t i_gid; dev_t i_rdev; - unsigned long i_version; + unsigned long long i_version; loff_t i_size; #ifdef __NEED_I_SIZE_ORDERED seqcount_t i_size_seqcount; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html