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From: Paul Serice <paul@serice.net>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Help with Non-Unique Inodes
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:34:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40B74DFF.9090402@serice.net> (raw)

I think I've finished changing the inode scheme in the isofs code to
better support DVDs.  Pursuant to a comment in fs/inode.c, I switched
from iget() to iget5_locked() because a 32-bit inode number was unable
to uniquely identify all the possible inodes.

I want to make sure I understand what is expected of the ino_t value
returned to the user before I post the patch:

1) Does the ino_t returned to the user have to be unique? I ask
    because the inodes on the isofs are sparse, and a unique number
    could probably be generated for the benefit of the user.  I'm
    currently returning the same hash value I pass to iget5_locked().

2) In order to avoid recursion loops, I believe the "ls" and "find"
    commands assume inodes are unique for a particular device, and they
    refuse to recurse down different directories on the same device
    with the same inode number.  If the ino_t returned to the user does
    not have to be unique, how do I guarantee that these basic
    utilities are capable of fully recursing the file system?


             reply	other threads:[~2004-05-28 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-28 14:34 Paul Serice [this message]
2004-05-28 21:07 ` Help with Non-Unique Inodes Denis Vlasenko

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