Re: [PATCH v3 02/12] audit: widen ino fields to u64

[Paul Moore]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> inode->i_ino is being widened from unsigned long to u64. The audit
> subsystem uses unsigned long ino in struct fields, function parameters,
> and local variables that store inode numbers from arbitrary filesystems.
> On 32-bit platforms this truncates inode numbers that exceed 32 bits,
> which will cause incorrect audit log entries and broken watch/mark
> comparisons.
>
> Widen all audit ino fields, parameters, and locals to u64, and update
> the inode format string from %lu to %llu to match.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h   |  2 +-
>  kernel/audit.h          | 13 ++++++-------
>  kernel/audit_fsnotify.c |  4 ++--
>  kernel/audit_watch.c    | 12 ++++++------
>  kernel/auditsc.c        |  4 ++--
>  5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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