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SubjectRe: [PATCH] eventfs: Have inodes have unique inode numbers
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 14:14, Mathieu Desnoyers
<mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
>
> I do however have a concern with the approach of using the same
> inode number for various files on the same filesystem: AFAIU it
> breaks userspace ABI expectations.

Virtual filesystems have always done that in various ways.

Look at the whole discussion about the size of the file. Then look at /proc.

And honestly, eventfs needs to be simplified. It's a mess. It's less
of a mess than it used to be, but people should *NOT* think that it's
a real filesystem.

Don't use some POSIX standard as an expectation for things like /proc,
/sys or tracefs.

Linus

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