Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:16:09 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c Message-ID: <1547.1131574569@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:03:50 GMT." <200511092203.jA9M3omu013054@repoman.freebsd.org>
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In message <200511092203.jA9M3omu013054@repoman.freebsd.org>, Doug White writes : > This is a workaround for a complicated issue involving VFS cookies and devfs. > The PR and patch have the details. The ultimate fix requires architectural > changes and clarifications to the VFS API, [...] The proper fix is to put the cookie in the dirent and abandon the microoptimization that UFS/FFS stores struct dirent directly on the disk. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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