linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Message-ID: <4A54CD65.1050902@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:46:29 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:	tridge@...ba.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	john.lanza@...ux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ibm.com>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option

Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> But ... it was, and there is still possibility of just using position
> in directory to avoid collisions completely.

I was just going to ask this.  Rather than using a random number, we
should use something based on the position in the directory, and I
suspect we should still verify that it is unique (since some FAT
implementation may garbage-collect the directory thereby moving the offset.)

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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