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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.

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