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    SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] VFS: create /proc/<pid>/mountinfo
    Miklos Szeredi wrote:
    > - for mount ID's use IDA (from the IDR library) instead of a 32bit
    > counter, which could overflow

    IDAs tend to get reused quickly, which can cause race conditions. Any
    reason not to just use a 64-bit counter?

    -hpa


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