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From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
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* Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> [050409 05:55] wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > * Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org> [050409 05:04] wrote:
> > > jeff        2005-04-09 12:04:36 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/sys              namei.h
> > >     sys/kern             vfs_syscalls.c
> > >   Log:
> > >    - Remove the namei NOOBJ flag.  It is meaningless now.
> >
> > Please bring this back, it is very useful actually.
> >
> > It is the flag that happens to tell the underlying FS if the
> > vnode is going to be used or not.  Basically, if there will
> > be an attribute fetch or an open.
> >
> > (autofs)
> 
> Nothing presently makes use of it.  And the name is misleading if that's
> what you want to use it for.  When someone adds functionality to make use
> of this in a filesystem we can revive it easily enough with a better name.

I just explained to you that I have functionality that makes use
of it right now.  Autofs depends on it.  Please revert it.  If you
hate the name NOOBJ then rename it JUSTSTAT or NOOPEN.  Thank you.

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- Alfred Perlstein
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