[PATCH] Make in-kernel i_nlink field be unsigned int

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Marcelo,
This is a backport of the fix Linus dropped into the 2.5 tree. Can you
put this into 2.4?

Linus' abstract:
> Make in-kernel inode 'nlink' field be "unsigned int" instead
> of something arch-dependent and usually less.
>
> We may want to do value limiting in generic_fillattr() if people
> end up caring.

Of course, 2.4 doesn't have generic_fillattr. This would be cp_old_stat
and cp_new_stat.

Thanks,
Shaggy

===== include/linux/fs.h 1.68 vs edited =====
--- 1.68/include/linux/fs.h Fri Aug 23 08:27:33 2002
+++ edited/include/linux/fs.h Thu Sep 5 15:33:33 2002
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
         atomic_t i_count;
         kdev_t i_dev;
         umode_t i_mode;
- nlink_t i_nlink;
+ unsigned int i_nlink;
         uid_t i_uid;
         gid_t i_gid;
         kdev_t i_rdev;
-
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