Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:20:00 +0300 From: Jaakko Heinonen <jh@FreeBSD.org> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r206560 - head/sys/fs/devfs Message-ID: <20100414141959.GA3276@a91-153-117-195.elisa-laajakaista.fi> In-Reply-To: <20100414130343.GO2415@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <201004131853.o3DIrdOT035078@svn.freebsd.org> <20100414084037.GK2415@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20100414124912.GA2950@a91-153-117-195.elisa-laajakaista.fi> <20100414130343.GO2415@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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On 2010-04-14, Kostik Belousov wrote: > > Otherwise sounds reasonable suggestion. However changes are needed in > > devfs. Currently devfs_populate_loop() is not along the make_dev*() > > code path but make_dev(9) increases a generation counter and > > devfs_populate_loop() gets called sometimes later. To make things more > > complex there may be several devfs mounts with different symlinks (files). > Right, my point of my suggestion was to not modify populate_loop() at all. How you would detect an attempt to create a duplicate file then? Please note that there may be directories and user created symbolic links. The file set may be different on different devfs mounts. -- Jaakko
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