Re: [RFC][PATCH] VFS: create /proc//mountinfo

H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-20T05:55:57Z

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