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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
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Cc: Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs
	devfs_vnops.c
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> 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.

It would be nice if you guys could sit down and figure out just which
"proper fix" you want implemented, since everyone seems to have their own
ideas.

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