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

[Felix Blyakher <felixb@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:30 AM, Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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
> OK I'm sold...
That addressed my concern too.

Reviewed-by: Felix Blyakher <felixb@xxxxxxx>

> Eric
>
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dave.
> > --
> > Dave Chinner
> > david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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