Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:03:13 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_vnops.c Message-ID: <3515.1131606193@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:59:35 PST." <20051109225823.Y62099@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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In message <20051109225823.Y62099@carver.gumbysoft.com>, Doug White writes: >> The proper fix is to put the cookie in the dirent and abandon the >> microoptimization that UFS/FFS stores struct dirent directly on >> the disk. > >It would be nice if you guys could sit down and figure out just which >"proper fix" you want implemented, since everyone seems to have their own >ideas. I don't think I've seen any other proposals than to put it in dirent where it rightfully belongs. The reason it is not in dirent is that UFS/FFS uses dirent as the layout in directories as a microoptimization. -- 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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