Re: 64-bit inode number issues

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On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:32:32PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> The only real way to get any exercising of the relevant code paths
> would be to fake 64 bit inode numbers in a commonly used filesystem
> like ext3.

Why not add a config option (or boot-time flash) or even mount option
to have *existing* inode numbers shifted up 32-bits so that any
userspace breakage will be detected really early on?
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