Re: [RFC][PATCH] VFS: create /proc/<pid>/mountinfo

[H. Peter Anvin]

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> - for mount ID's use IDA (from the IDR library) instead of a 32bit
>   counter, which could overflow

IDAs tend to get reused quickly, which can cause race conditions.  Any 
reason not to just use a 64-bit counter?

	-hpa
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