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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>
To:        Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
Cc:        Dmitry Brodsky <dima@cs.ubc.ca>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Meta-Data & stackable FS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10007112232360.2092-100000@login-1.eunet.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007110041470.36120-100000@gateway.posi.net>

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>   Use the v_data pointer on your vnodes to point to your local meta-data. Now,
> if you need this meta-data to be persistent, that's another matter
> entirely. In that case, you'll probably want to look at umapfs or the quota
> code for reference.

Absolutely not!

Persistent metadata should be stuck in the EAs. We have a mechanism for
this, now, so let's not start reinventing the wheel.

Marius



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