Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 18:06:31 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@surf.IAEhv.nl> To: winter@jurai.net (Matthew N. Dodd) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Variant Link implementation (Was: Re: lorder problem: ....... ) Message-ID: <199806081606.SAA29892@surf.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980608110525.17992z-100000@sasami.jurai.net> from "Matthew N. Dodd" at "Jun 8, 98 11:08:41 am"
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You ( Matthew N. Dodd ) write: => On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Mike Smith wrote: => > Whoops; just to clarify; vlink_xlate(tok, dbuf, &dbofs) copies the => > value of the token at (tok) into (dbuf) at (dbofs) presuming that => > (dbofs) would not exceed the allowed size, updates (dbofs) and returns => > 0 (all OK), 1 (not enough room) or 2 (no translation for tok available). => => Would it not be nicer to introduce a new file/link type? This would allow => lower overall cost as you would not have to scan each link, only those => links of the proper type. That's one way of doing it. Is was first thinking of doing it through sysctl for the whole system on or off. But then that is a sort of blunt axe solution. --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 606 606 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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