Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 03:38:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/pseudofs pseudofs.c pseudofs.h pseudofs_fileno.c pseudofs_internal.h pseudofs_vncache.c pseudofs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20010414033854.A43982@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpg0fjbjf8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:38:51PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104081856460.83712-100000@lion.butya.kz> <xzpg0fjbjf8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:38:51PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz> writes:
> > On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > > Log:
> > > Let pseudofs into the warmth of the FreeBSD CVS repo.
> > Good work. However, it is possible to make pfs_get_fileno() and
> > pfs_free_fileno() functions available as separate (from pseudofs) entity
> > with ability to be attached to mount point ? Many fs'es need their own
> > inode number generator and having generic one would be nice.
>=20
> Actually, a generic (not vfs-specific) "unique numeric ID allocator"
> would be useful for many applications, including PID and TCP port
> allocation. But right now I'd rather concentrate on getting pseudofs
> done and {,lin}procfs converted.
I don't know about that; they have different cryptographic properties,
and using a "generic ID allocator" without careful thought is the path
to ruin.
Kris
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