linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Create dentries and inodes at dir open

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:16:07 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
 kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>, Ajay Kaher <akaher@...are.com>,
 Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Create dentries and inodes at dir open

On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:12:28 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Maybe I can just use a hash to generate he inode numbers from the name?
> Hopefully there will be no collisions. Then I don't need the dentry
> creation at all.

Maybe I could use a hash of the address of the meta data to create the
inode number? That may be unique enough.

-- Steve