Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:03:48 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c Message-ID: <3776.1131609828@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:56:36 %2B1100." <20051110184723.X71304@delplex.bde.org>
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In message <20051110184723.X71304@delplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: >On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> I don't think I've seen any other proposals than to put it in >> dirent where it rightfully belongs. >> >> The reason it is not in dirent is that UFS/FFS uses dirent as the >> layout in directories as a microoptimization. > >I think the reason is exactly the opposite. Care to elaborate ? -- 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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