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Date:      Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:56:36 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <20051110184723.X71304@delplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <3515.1131606193@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <3515.1131606193@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> I don't think I've seen any other proposals than to put it in
> dirent where it rightfully belongs.
>
> The reason it is not in dirent is that UFS/FFS uses dirent as the
> layout in directories as a microoptimization.

I think the reason is exactly the opposite.

Bruce



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