On 9/9/05, YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
> > The thing is that I want to access the generation number from
> > userland to write a regression test for tmpfs.  The test should
> > verify that when a node is reused, it gets a different number.
> > But there is actually no way to write this.
>=20
> what you want to verify is filehandle uniqueness, isn't it?
> if so, how about using getfh instead?

Hmm... that will do the trick.  Thanks.

> > Is the attached patch correct?  Any objections in adding this feature?
>=20
> i object because the "feature" is somewhat pointless.

But then... why do we have %v in stat(1) or st_gen in struct stat?
(If there is any other reason behind standards, that is.)

Cheers,

--=20
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
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