Eric, what workload did this matter for? As mentioned elsewhere we don't actually need to set i_ino in new_inode in many cases. Normal disk/network filesystem already set their own i_ino anyway and don't need it at all. Various in-kernel filesystems don't need any valid i_ino and Nick's full series actually has a patch dealing with it, which only leaves various user-mountable syntetic filesystems that want to generate an inode number, and IMHO they're better off using iunique. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html