Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:30:34 +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: <4576.1131618634@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:12:05 %2B1100." <20051110202946.Q2041@epsplex.bde.org>
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In message <20051110202946.Q2041@epsplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: >>>> 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 ? > >I think ffs is older than the current `struct dirent', and the latter >was copied from ffs's `struct direct', not vice versa. Yes, we're in agreement then. My point was that cookies were not added to dirent because of the UFS/FFS relationship. -- 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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