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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id
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Hi!

> - Solution
>=20
> The System Generation ID is a simple concept meant to alleviate the
> issue by providing a monotonically increasing u32 counter that changes
> each time the VM or container is restored from a snapshot.

I'd make it u64.

But as people explained, this has race problems that may be impossible
to solve?

Best regards,
								Pavel
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http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek

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