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Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:06:08 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v2] epoll use a single inode ...

Hi!

> > > @@ -763,15 +767,17 @@
> > >  	 * using the inode number.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	error = -ENOMEM;
> > > -	sprintf(name, "[%lu]", inode->i_ino);
> > >  	this.name = name;
> > > -	this.len = strlen(name);
> > > -	this.hash = inode->i_ino;
> > > +	this.len = sprintf(name, "[%p]", ep);
> > > +	this.hash = 0;
> > 
> > Please don't expose kernel pointers to user space.
> > 
> > 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)? 

Just use u64?
							Pavel

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