[OpenAFS-devel] Re: 1.3.77 on Linux 2.6.10 (Fedora Core 3 test): patches for partial success

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.61-042.0501122353140.13330@johnstown.andrew.cmu.edu>,Derrick J Brashear writes:
>thought in linux 2.4 there was an fs-specific pointer you could use too? 

yes, but its essentially a union with all the other fs-specific bits.  so
if you use the pointer you waste a bit of space.  the afs-specific part of
the inode almost fits inside this union (its about 3 words too long).