1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 410f235c337b..df2ef15d03d2 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -524,7 +524,12 @@ repeat:
  */
 struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-        static unsigned long last_ino;
+        /*
+         * On a 32bit, non LFS stat() call, glibc will generate an EOVERFLOW
+         * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter
+         * here to attempt to avoid that.
+         */
+        static unsigned int last_ino;
         struct inode * inode;
 
         spin_lock_prefetch(&inode_lock);
@@ -683,7 +688,12 @@ static unsigned long hash(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval)
  */
 ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, ino_t max_reserved)
 {
-        static ino_t counter;
+        /*
+         * On a 32bit, non LFS stat() call, glibc will generate an EOVERFLOW
+         * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter
+         * here to attempt to avoid that.
+         */
+        static unsigned int counter;
         struct inode *inode;
         struct hlist_head *head;
         ino_t res;