On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:12:28 -0500 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe I can just use a hash to generate he inode numbers from the name? > Hopefully there will be no collisions. Then I don't need the dentry > creation at all. Maybe I could use a hash of the address of the meta data to create the inode number? That may be unique enough. -- Steve