Re: [PATCH 00/61] vfs: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64

Matthew Wilcox
2026-02-26T16:50:36Z

On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:55:02AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The bulk of the changes are to format strings and tracepoints, since the
> kernel itself doesn't care that much about the i_ino field. The first
> patch changes some vfs function arguments, so check that one out
> carefully.

Why are the format strings all done as separate patches? Don't we get
bisection hazards by splitting it apart this way?