Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:59:27 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: NWFS rename() problem |
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Andi Kleen wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 01:49:20PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > It sounds like inode numbers are arbitrary, and so long as I have cached > > a hash structure in the inode (which I do), I can just make up inode > > numbers for files (provided they are unique), and use the > > inode->generic_ip pointer to access the actual directory number. > > > > Is this correct? > > Just note that you'll break the NFS server when you don't have stable > inode numbers in your file system (at least in 2.2, 2.4 or 2.5 may get an > better "file key" interface so that you could manage nfs file handles > yourself) > > Also there are applications that make assumption about the inode numbers -- > like the popular maildir format. They should be better unique over the > file system, not just over the referenced inodes.
So if I make them unique across all volumes for the fs driver (i.e. a counter in the driver that generates unique numbers across all volumes) this should work? Yes?
Jeff
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