Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Should we make inode->i_ino a u64?

["Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 11:11:32AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>
> So, this went just over Phoronix [1] and as someone who is still invested
> in 32-bit architectures, I'm only notified about the performance impact on
> these systems now as the pull request has already been sent to Linus.
> 
> I'm frustrated by this poor communication style. If your change
> affects certain users negatively, it should be openly communicated
> to them on the appropriate mailing lists so that they at least get
> to raise concerns. Disclosing these news to a limited set of mailing
> lists only is not okay.

Adrian,

I note that you are a Debian Maintainer.  Like Debian, the Linux
kernel development community is very much a do-ocracy --- only more
so.  If the 32-bit community really cares about Linux support, they
need to be providing volunteer labor to kernel development, instead of
demanding that everyone else pay the overhead tax of supporting 32-bit
platforms which are rapidly disappearing.  I will note that Debian
itself has made the decision to stop supporting the Debian Installer
for i386 and the 32-bit armel platform in Debian Trixie.

Best regards,

					- Ted