Re: [PATCH 4/4] eCryptfs: ino_t to u64 for filldir

[David Howells]

Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> filldir()'s inode number is now type u64 instead of ino_t.

Btw, in ecryptfs_interpose(), you have:

	inode = iget(sb, lower_inode->i_ino);

But you have to be *very* *very* careful doing that.  i_ino may be ambiguous.
My suggestions to make i_ino bigger were turned down by Al Viro; and even it
were bigger, it might still not be unique.

David
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