Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:36:12 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openafs question Message-ID: <20021128223612.GP16066@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200211281944.gASJidO05245@monica.cs.rpi.edu> References: <200211281128.gASBS2g04424@monica.cs.rpi.edu> <20021128123550.GM16066@elvis.mu.org> <200211281944.gASJidO05245@monica.cs.rpi.edu>
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* David E. Cross <crossd@cs.rpi.edu> [021128 11:44] wrote: > > Have getnewvnode add a flag to the vnode noting that it's meant for the > > global list, otherwise store a "free()" callback in the vnode to be called? > > I don't think I understand. In the current code "getnewvnode" is never > called. What it has is a giant circularly linked list of tvc's, where a > TVC is defined as something like: getnewvnode would mark system vnodes (vnodes actually allocated via getnewvnode()) with a flag, then only those vnodes would be candidates for recycling and usage for other filesystems when the vrele calls drop the hold count down to zero. -- -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.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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