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SubjectRe: [RFC] inode generation numbers.


On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, G. Allen Morris III wrote:
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> Are there any adverse effects to adding a field to `struct inode'?
> I would like to add `u32 i_generation' for the reasons outlined
> below.

In the long run, no. But I'm not accepting test-patches with it, simply
because it breaks module compatibility, so I'd like to have a really
strong release candidate before I do that. And I'd prefer to try to avoid
it for 2.2.x at all.

Linus



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