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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:02:48 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/miscfs/devfs devfs_tree.c devfs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.960814100102.8304H-100000@minnow.render.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608131948.MAA06002@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Julian Elischer wrote:

> julian      96/08/13 12:48:44
> 
>   Modified:    sys/miscfs/devfs  devfs_tree.c devfs_vnops.c
>   Log:
>   Submitted by: doug Rabson (dfr@render.com)
>   cleaning up some of the vnode usage..
>   
>   (I'm sure it still needs more..)
>   where can one find out what each vfs call expects to be locked
>   on completion, and how can one find out what each layer expects
>   to be freed on error.?

That reminds me.  I should commit my VFS(9) manpages soon.  That should
have most of the right information.  I had to deduce the locking protocol
by examining various filesystem source code but I think I got it right.

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Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
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