Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:06:08 +0600 From: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: request for review Message-ID: <20020116000607.B10938@iclub.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20020116035325.T2884-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 04:15:43AM %2B1100 References: <200201151434.g0FEYlK72569@cwsys.cwsent.com> <20020116035325.T2884-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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hi, there! On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 04:15:43AM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > This patch also makes FreeBSD almost compatible with FreeBSD (versions > 1, 2, 3) that is. Old versions vn_stat() simply passed back the > va_blocksize set by VOP_GETTATTR(). NetBSD/OpenBSD do exactly the same > > > I think it is bogus for devices other than disks to flout a > > > va_blocksize, but I am on the other hand not sure what the > > > relevant (if any) standards say. > > POSIX says almost the same as the quote from www.opengroup.org in the > sources: "A file system-specific [sic] preferred I/O block size for > this object". 0 is wrong except possibly for /dev/null since it is > a very bad I/O size. do you think we should remove setting sb->st_blksize to 0 in vn_stat() at all? /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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