Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:29:01 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Have inodes have unique inode numbers |
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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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