Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Have inodes have unique inode numbers

Mathieu Desnoyers
2024-01-26T22:40:25Z

On 2024-01-26 17:34, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 05:14:12PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> I would suggest this straightforward solution to this:
>>
>> a) define a EVENTFS_MAX_INODES (e.g. 4096 * 8),
>>
>> b) keep track of inode allocation in a bitmap (within a single page),
>>
>> c) disallow allocating more than "EVENTFS_MAX_INODES" in eventfs.
>
> ... reinventing the IDA?

Looking at include/linux/idr.h now that you mention it, yes,
you are absolutely right!

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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