Current inode allocations in the proc-fs (hex-numbers): 00000000 reserved 00000001-00000fff static entries (goners) 001 root-ino 00001000-00001fff unused 0001xxxx-7fffxxxx pid-dir entries for pid 1-7fff 80000000-efffffff unused f0000000-ffffffff dynamic entries Goal: a) once we'll split the thing into several virtual filesystems we will get rid of magical ranges (and this file, BTW).