Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 10:36:37 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Junior Kernel Hacker task: improve vnode->v_tag Message-ID: <2231.999592597@critter>
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Assignment: The v_tag element in struct vnode is a debugging aid, but unfortunately it is implemented in a way which means that adding a filesystem means modifying the definition in <sys/vnode.h>. Convert the v_tag to an "const char *" and have the filesystems put their name in there instead. The v_tag has been abused a few places, easily recognizable by the fact that the kernel should never inspect the value of v_tag. These places should be easily changeable to use the new representation. Please mark them with a big fat "/*XXX: ABUSE OF v_tag */" comment. -- 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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