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Date:      Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:41:54 +0200
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r276008 - in head/sys: kern sys
Message-ID:  <20141221144154.GW2148@kib.kiev.ua>
In-Reply-To: <5496D86D.7070209@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201412211332.sBLDW8VC030548@svn.freebsd.org> <5496D86D.7070209@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 04:25:49PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> On 21/12/2014 15:32, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> > Author: kib
> > Date: Sun Dec 21 13:32:07 2014
> > New Revision: 276008
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276008
> > 
> > Log:
> >   Add VN_OPEN_NAMECACHE flag for vn_open_cred(9), which requests that
> >   the created file name was cached.  Use the flag for core dumps.
> 
> Just curious about a rationale for using the new flag for core dumps.
> Sorry if I missed any public discussion about this and that I wasn't able to
> figure out the rationale myself.

I am not sure I understand the question.  Are you asking or objecting ?

Is this a question about new flag being used vs. detecting the core
dumps by some other means ?

Or, are you asking why caching of the name could be needed for
core dump files at all ?



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