Davide Libenzi wrote:
Right now is using:
this.len = sprintf(name, "[%u.%d]", current->pid, fd);
That should be unique and not have the wraparound problem. Ack?
NAK, very much NAK.
File descriptors aren't file structures, they're *pointers* to file
structures.
It's perfectly possible -- downright common -- for a file descriptor to
be inherited by another process, and then the pid is recycled -- collision.
-hpa
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