Hi All, Due to some reason I am not getting mail from newbies sinces 23/11 ! Please CC me on the reply ... Thank you. Aboo > -----Original Message----- > From: Aboo Valappil > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:56 AM > To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Linux VFS and inode numbers in the inode list > > Hi, > > Please help me with this question. > > I was working with Certain NFS server implimentations which > returns 64bit fileids. Linux seems to be converting these 64 > bit file ids to 32bit inode numbers before storing it in the > inode table (Inode information is filled by lookup inode > operation, which calls nfs_lookup, which then calls nfs_fhget). > > Because of this converstion from 64 bit to 32 bit, there > could be duplicate inode numbers in VFS inode list ( Do not > doubt it, I have seen it practically and bit difficult to > explain, but it happens). > > Will the system run in to some issues if there is duplicate > inode numbers ?. > > As far as I know, all the access to inode list is through > dentry cache. So it should not be a problem, I guess. Is > there any kernel functions which purely works with inode > numbers to locate the inode details from the inode list ? > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks > > Aboo > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
