Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08:55:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys namei.h src/sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c Message-ID: <20050409085414.M28571@mail.chesapeake.net> In-Reply-To: <20050409125239.GI60345@elvis.mu.org> References: <200504091204.j39C4aH4033816@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050409125239.GI60345@elvis.mu.org>
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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. > > thank you! > > -- > - Alfred Perlstein > - Research Engineering Development Inc. > - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684 >
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