Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Give files a default of PAGE_SIZE size

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:06:33 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 10:41, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Fine, but I still plan on sending you the update to give all files unique
> > inode numbers. If it screws up tar, it could possibly screw up something
> > else.  
> 
> Well, that in many ways just regularizes the code, and the dynamic
> inode numbers are actually prettier than the odd fixed date-based one
> you picked. I assume it's your birthdate (although I don't know what
> the directory ino number was).

Yeah, it was. I usually use that when I need a random number. I avoid using
it for passwords though. The odd directory number was the date you pulled
in eventfs ;-)

-- Steve