On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > It's much better to do something like > > > > static unsigned int epoll_inode; > > > > this.len = sprintf(name, "[%u]", ++epoll_inode); > > > > if you just need some pseudo-unique name to distinguish two epoll things > > from each other (vs from a dup'ed fd). > > Heh, this is what Al was saying ;) > I'm fine with that, but how about counter cycles (going back to zero)? > Should we care to handle them correctly? 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. IOW, if the thing actually _mattered_ we should use some bitmap allocator or similar (eg pidmaps etc), but with something where the only reason really is as a visible indicator of difference for a user that happens to look, simple-and-stupid is better. Linus - 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/