Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:46:00 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys vnode.h src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c Message-ID: <20050104094600.GA11823@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <7767.1104820202@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <Pine.BSO.4.58.0501032011150.11031@af.pbqrshfvbavf.pbz> <7767.1104820202@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 07:30:02AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> Log: > >> Eliminate vop_revoke() function now that devfs_revoke() does the entire job. > >do these changes mean it is no longer possible to revoke ordinary files? > It never were. There was actually a short period when revoking regular files and ttys worked. However, revoking fifos and Unix domain sockets didn't, so it was restricted to tty for the sake of consistency. (Maybe where I say "ttys" I actually mean "devices"?) David.
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