Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id driver

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Jan 27 2021 - 17:16:29 EST


Hi!

> - Solution
>
> The System Generation ID is a simple concept meant to alleviate the
> issue by providing a monotonically increasing u32 counter that changes
> each time the VM or container is restored from a snapshot.

I'd make it u64.

But as people explained, this has race problems that may be impossible
to solve?

Best regards,
Pavel

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