> Which is not to say that a 64-bit inode number should be dismissed as
> one way of implementing things, but I think that it tends to be a lot
> more efficient to throw some thought at a problem before you try to fix
> it with brute strength. Almost always the brute-strength approach ("add
> more bits", in this case) is the wrong one.
>
> Linus
Or perhaps it's the right one for the wrong reason... Having 64 bit Inode
numbers would perhaps be good for scalibility.. But using it for this
would most likely be foolish..
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