On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > Since this is not actually *used* for anything but showing the fd's in
> > /proc/<pid>/fd/ etc, no. In fact, an integer will wrap a *lot* less than a
> > kernel data structure will be re-used, so even with the simple "wraps every
> > 4G uses", you're still better off.
> >
>
> ... and if that worries you, use a 64-bit counter. They're cheap (compared to
> an sprintf), and even if they advance once a nanosecond they won't wrap around
> for over 584 years.
Right now is using:
this.len = sprintf(name, "[%u.%d]", current->pid, fd);
That should be unique and not have the wraparound problem. Ack?
- Davide
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