In the ext4 part, the i_version counter is stored into 2 32bit fields in the ext4_inode structure i_disk_version and i_disk_version_hi. Signed-off-by: Jean Noel Cordenner <jean-noel.cordenner@xxxxxxxx> fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 1 + fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +++++ fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +- include/linux/ext4_fs.h | 5 +++-- Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/ialloc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2007-05-10 17:22:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2007-05-10 17:26:21.000000000 +0200 @@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ /* This is the optimal IO size (for stat), not the fs block size */ inode->i_blocks = 0; inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC; + inode->i_version = 1; memset(ei->i_data, 0, sizeof(ei->i_data)); ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0; Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-05-10 17:22:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-05-10 18:14:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -2680,6 +2680,8 @@ inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime); inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime); inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0; + inode->i_version = (le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_disk_version_hi) << 32) + + le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_disk_version); ei->i_state = 0; ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0; @@ -2838,6 +2840,8 @@ raw_inode->i_atime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_atime.tv_sec); raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec); raw_inode->i_mtime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec); + raw_inode->i_disk_version = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_version); + raw_inode->i_disk_version_hi = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_version >> 32); raw_inode->i_blocks = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_blocks); raw_inode->i_dtime = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_dtime); raw_inode->i_flags = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_flags); @@ -3111,6 +3115,7 @@ { int err = 0; + inode->i_version++; /* the do_update_inode consumes one bh->b_count */ get_bh(iloc->bh); Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/include/linux/ext4_fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-05-10 17:22:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-05-10 17:26:21.000000000 +0200 @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ __le32 i_flags; /* File flags */ union { struct { - __u32 l_i_reserved1; + __u32 l_i_disk_version; } linux1; struct { __u32 h_i_translator; @@ -331,12 +331,13 @@ } osd2; /* OS dependent 2 */ __le16 i_extra_isize; __le16 i_pad1; + __le32 i_disk_version_hi; }; #define i_size_high i_dir_acl #if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(__linux__) -#define i_reserved1 osd1.linux1.l_i_reserved1 +#define i_disk_version osd1.linux1.l_i_disk_version #define i_frag osd2.linux2.l_i_frag #define i_fsize osd2.linux2.l_i_fsize #define i_file_acl_high osd2.linux2.l_i_file_acl_high Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version.orig/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-05-10 17:22:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-i_version/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-05-10 17:26:21.000000000 +0200 @@ -2804,8 +2804,8 @@ i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite); EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size; } - inode->i_version++; inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + inode->i_version = 1; ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return len - towrite; - 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