From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: rm -rf -> Circular directory structure 12 Aug 1997 01:30:47 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199708120733.RAA29256.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <33EF7405.AADDD43E@crec.mipt.ru> Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com "Igor V. Kovalenko" writes: >Looking at ...include/sys/types.h I found that ino_t is actually >unsigned short, that is only 16 bit in size. Thus, we (in 'rm' etc..) >do compare the lower 16 bits of prepared by hash_path_name() >32-bit integer. > I think this is a main cause for $subj$, though the hashing >function itself is not as perfect as it could be (in theory). The whole idea of using a hash function to compute inode numbers is fundamentally broken. Perhaps it would be better to think about a solution that works rather than making a fundamentally broken one slightly less broken. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".