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

[Davide Libenzi]

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> 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.

Ugh! Right! 64 bit counter it is ... :)



- Davide


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