Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:08:41 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixing pipe stat Message-ID: <20020628230841.GD97638@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <66756.1025305076@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20020628223726.GC97638@elvis.mu.org> <66756.1025305076@critter.freebsd.dk>
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* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [020628 16:00] wrote: > In message <20020628223726.GC97638@elvis.mu.org>, Alfred Perlstein writes: > >Currently the pipe_stat routine doesn't return a unique st_dev/st_ino > >pair. If someone could suggest a method for grabbing a unique st_dev > >entry for all pipes in the system, then we could use the pipe's address > >in memory for the st_ino field. > > > >So how do I reserve a dev for the pipe code? > > pipes need device numbers ??? I thought it would be nice if the information returned from stat(2) on a pipe filedescriptor could be guranteed to have a unique dev/ino, I only need _one_ dev entry for all pipes though. If it's a stupid idea then nevermind. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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