> The only reason we use a floating base, is because Uli preferred to have > non-exactly predictable fd allocations. There no reason of re-doing the > same POSIX mistake all over again:
Why does he want an unpredictable algorithm - to make debugging hell because apps crash only for some patterns and reduce reproducability of debugging of userspace ? > Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum Speaking latin didn't make the romans too wise either to look at their history. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/