Re: [PATCH v2 002/110] vfs: widen inode hash/lookup functions to u64
Jan Kara <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Mar 2026 11:59:27 +0100
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On Mon 02-03-26 15:23:46, Jeff Layton wrote: > Change the inode hash/lookup VFS API functions to accept u64 parameters > instead of unsigned long for inode numbers and hash values. This is > preparation for widening i_ino itself to u64, which will allow > filesystems to store full 64-bit inode numbers on 32-bit architectures. > > Since unsigned long implicitly widens to u64 on all architectures, this > change is backward-compatible with all existing callers. > > In dump_mapping(), change the local ino variable to kino_t and use the > PRIino format macro, since this variable holds an i_ino value. In > init_special_inode(), also switch to PRIino. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> Looks good. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]> Honza -- Jan Kara <[email protected]> SUSE Labs, CR