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From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>
To: Uladzislau Rezki <v.rezkii@sam-solutions.net>
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Subject: Re: textvp_fullpath
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:20:12PM +0300, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 	
> I'm using "textvp_fullpath" function to get full path from vnode up to root dir.
> The problem is that, sometimes it works, sometimes no.
> 
> I know that "textvp_fullpath" goes through the cache of the vnode and
> try to build full path.
> 
> Are there any other ways to get full path?
> I haven't had any ideas yet, that is why I am asking you.

no... the vnode->full_path lookup is unreliable by definition
in FreeBSD... what exactly are you trying to acomplish? I believe
there might be other way to do whatever you want to do..


roman