Re: [RFC] procfs has run out of inode numbers

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On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 09:14:46PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:

    AFAICS we can either
    * hash all entries in proc, and use iunique.
    * return duplicate inode numbers. It only affects the /proc/<pid> part
    of procfs, but perhaps some apps rely on unique inode numbers.

(3) Hope it's not an issue until we get 64-bit inodes (we will need
    these sooner or later anyhow).

  --cw

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