[RFC] procfs has run out of inode numbers

From: Manfred Spraul (manfred@colorfullife.com)
Date: Mon Jun 26 2000 - 14:14:46 EST

I've noticed that procfs has run out of inode numbers:

fake_ino assumes that the number of file descriptors is limited to
32000, otherwise it generates duplicate inode numbers.
And the current number scheme prevents us from supporting pid values >
32000.

AFAICS we can either
* hash all entries in proc, and use iunique.
* return duplicate inode numbers. It only affects the /proc/<pid> part
of procfs, but perhaps some apps rely on unique inode numbers.

I'd prefer the second option, but which apps will break? 

--
	Manfred

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Jun 26 2000 - 21:00:09 EST