From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri May 10 11:40:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA14045 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 10 May 1996 11:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA14014 Fri, 10 May 1996 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605101840.LAA14014@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: kern/1186: MFS doesn't mark memory free when it's filespace cleaned Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/1186; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/1186: MFS doesn't mark memory free when it's filespace cleaned Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 14:35:03 -0400 < said: > MFS is a hack, and a real "VMFS" should be made instead for "/tmp" use. > Kirk said that this would be "really easy" so now I hope he will assign > it as homework for Jordan :-) This is also documented in the New Daemon Book (just got my copy from Quantum yesterday). 0-201-54979-4, $47.00. The book does a pretty good job of explaining the evolution of MFS and why it is structured the way it is. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant