Re: [PATCH v2 000/110] vfs: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64

David Howells <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:55:32 +0000

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Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote:

> This version splits the change up to be more bisectable. It first adds a
> new kino_t typedef and a new "PRIino" macro to hold the width specifier
> for format strings. The conversion is done, and then everything is
> changed to remove the new macro and typedef.

Why remove the typedef?  It might be better to keep it.

David