cvs commit: src/sys/sys namei.h src/sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c

[Jeff Roberson]

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Jeff Roberson <jroberson at chesapeake.net> [050409 05:55] wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > > * Jeff Roberson <jeff at 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.
>
> I just explained to you that I have functionality that makes use
> of it right now.  Autofs depends on it.  Please revert it.  If you
> hate the name NOOBJ then rename it JUSTSTAT or NOOPEN.  Thank you.

I don't understand, where does autofs inspect this flag?

>
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