Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:15:24 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c Message-ID: <81213.1059462924@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:12:45 EDT." <20030728181050.D14210-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>
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In message <20030728181050.D14210-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>, Jeff Roberson wr ites: >On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> phk 2003/07/27 13:09:13 PDT >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c >> Log: >> Pass the file descriptor index down to vn_open. > >Why? Was this discussed on arch? So that things like /dev/stream /dev/fd/* and similar can use a less gruesome hack than today, and so that access to devices from userland doesn't have to take the long tour through vnodes. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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