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Re: [PATCH] Don't initialise new inode generation numbers to zero V2

To: David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't initialise new inode generation numbers to zero V2
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:59:22 -0400
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Banks <gnb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs-dev <xfs-dev@xxxxxxx>, xfs-oss <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 01:11:20PM +1000, David Chinner wrote:
> Ok, so is random32() good enough or does it need to be get_random_int()?

I'm not sure offhand what random32 actually is, but a not
cryptographically strong random number should be enough.


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