Re: [PATCH 3/5] xfs: kill ino64 mount option

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 05:12:32PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:54:51PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> >> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >>
> >>> The ino64 mount option adds a fixed offset to 32bit inode numbers
> >>> to bring them into the 64bit range.  There's no need for this kind
> >>> of debug tool given that it's easy to produce real 64bit inode numbers
> >>> for testing.
> >> hm, easy how?
> > 
> > Actually test with a large enough device and let them spread evenly
> > over the AGs.
> 
> It's the large-enough device which sometimes is at odds with "easy"

Sparse loopback image.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx