Re: [patch v2] epoll use a single inode ...

[H. Peter Anvin]

Davide Libenzi wrote:
> Right now is using:
>
> 	this.len = sprintf(name, "[%u.%d]", current->pid, fd);
>
> That should be unique and not have the wraparound problem. Ack?

NAK, very much NAK.

File descriptors aren't file structures, they're *pointers* to file 
structures.

It's perfectly possible -- downright common -- for a file descriptor to 
be inherited by another process, and then the pid is recycled -- collision.

	-hpa
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