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 <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.

>
> thank you!
>
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