i_ino 4 billion file limitation

2007-01-21 Thread Jeffrey V. Merkey
I am now pushing up against the i_ino (unsigned long) file limitation when I use virtual inode numbers in DSFS. This field needs to be increased to 64 bit to allow more than 4 billion unique inode numbers. I am running out of inode address space with the current architecture. Jeff - To

i_ino 4 billion file limitation

2007-01-21 Thread Jeffrey V. Merkey
I am now pushing up against the i_ino (unsigned long) file limitation when I use virtual inode numbers in DSFS. This field needs to be increased to 64 bit to allow more than 4 billion unique inode numbers. I am running out of inode address space with the current architecture. Jeff - To