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Message-ID: <20240122144805.0bda8a75@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:48:05 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Kees Cook
 <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Mathieu
 Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Al
 Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files
 and directories all be the same

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:44:43 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Slightly different version below.

The main difference between this and your patch is that the inode numbers
are only generated when needed, and files that are never referenced, will
not add to the possibility of overflow or collision.

-- Steve

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