From:	iko AT crec DOT mipt DOT ru ("Igor V. Kovalenko")
Subject:	RE: rm -rf -> Circular directory structure
11 Aug 1997 17:48:49 -0700 :
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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).

PS: Or do I have incorrect header file?
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Igor V. Kovalenko   mailto:iko AT crec DOT mipt DOT ru
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