Re: [PATCH -V3] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 08:16:33PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> uuids - as Ted as shown - are not necessarily unique (despite the name),
> so using them to perform a lookup will either be imperfect (not good for a
> kernel interface) or will impose extra uniqueness which would break current
> configurations.

UUID can easily be made unique.  XFS for example refuses to mount
filesystems with duplicate UUIDs.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Ext4 Filesystem]     [Union Filesystem]     [Filesystem Testing]     [Ceph Users]     [Ecryptfs]     [AutoFS]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Share Photos]     [Security]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux Cachefs]     [Reiser Filesystem]     [Linux RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]     [CEPH Development]
  Powered by Linux