Re: How to extend struct stat?

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:55:50 +0200

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > Perhaps this is a bug in Glibc, I don't know. If so, they should change
> > __ino64_t and do the appropriate hacks for binary compatibility with old
> > stuff.
>
> I have asked around in the kernel hacking circles when I had to choose
> the values and got told that 32 bits are enough for ino64_t. So live
> with it.

I'm fine with that, and my d_type patch assumes that. It returns the
same dirent structures as Glibc returns to the user.

But what about NFSv3 fileids, which are 64 bits? d_ino should be
reporting the full fileid value.

-- Jamie

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