From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.10]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5224313AF8; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 09:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.18.0.10 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706348596; cv=none; b=u16ZQzSaeIKwCBWcqrYv0IXUVadt8+uN+g9Cn0CGlEctmUAJIuNJuahc0PXj8IXaO8fciA4U7MEXL3X18fQC6koqe6WQzntHnekYKd7JGD+Vt9OYasM8wcIvUdXoHBfdf6MiIqd/W3lr7Jb1Ra57NpYmQJMhl+l8xtVPMh3rgx0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706348596; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0YlTECjXbMzxOJ9SvYsij9ghpBp0aA2YujbgFnfdvw8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NtKRSfMXlrvgZvSfo+5ZhOQi1hIU5tZ4/YmOMyVzyDGuXGTkmUqzuPVgA/u8mM1r3NHZm38QMgC5L6YXDiJnzhAYcW5ouw3LDsyFAC5YgtSq9YabLczzRUxgVaizLaqueRa1qrAC7lCRbGrktnx/zAOX8nE2+vrXcUbUOvQaNcY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nefkom.net; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.18.0.10 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nefkom.net Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TMTwn1jqyz1syBm; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TMTwm61CLz1qqlW; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:56 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavis, port 10024) with ESMTP id NOGV83LWqDOm; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:55 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: LasxOhhX5uau7EcsWEa3k+xXe1y6nnjwUIZEYRn4b8JwSFE2+vRy5vt8DQL1Wdwx Received: from tiger.home (aftr-62-216-202-105.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.216.202.105]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:55 +0100 (CET) Received: by tiger.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 31180252088; Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:55 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Schwab To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Mathieu Desnoyers , Steven Rostedt , LKML , Linux Trace Devel , Masami Hiramatsu , Christian Brauner , Ajay Kaher , Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-fsdevel Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Have inodes have unique inode numbers In-Reply-To: (Linus Torvalds's message of "Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:17:14 -0800") References: <20240126150209.367ff402@gandalf.local.home> <20240126162626.31d90da9@gandalf.local.home> <8547159a-0b28-4d75-af02-47fc450785fa@efficios.com> X-Yow: Here I am in the POSTERIOR OLFACTORY LOBULE but I don't see CARL SAGAN anywhere!! Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:36:55 +0100 Message-ID: <878r4b2k3s.fsf@linux-m68k.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain On Jan 26 2024, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Note the "might". I don't know why glibc would have special-cased > st_ino of 0, but I suspect it's some internal oddity in the readdir() > implementation. It was traditionally used for deleted entries in a directory. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."