cvs commit: src/sys/coda coda_fbsd.c coda_vnops.c src/sys/compat/linux linux_misc.c src/sys/dev/raidframe rf_freebsdkintf.c src/sys/fs/hpfs hpfs_vfsops.c src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vfsops.c src/sys/fs/ntfs ntfs_vfsops.c src/sys/fs/nwfs ...

Alfred Perlstein bright at mu.org
Sat Jul 26 02:16:52 PDT 2003


* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at FreeBSD.org> [030726 00:32] wrote:
> phk         2003/07/26 00:32:23 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/coda             coda_fbsd.c coda_vnops.c 
>     sys/compat/linux     linux_misc.c 
>     sys/dev/raidframe    rf_freebsdkintf.c 
>   Log:
>   Add a "int fd" argument to VOP_OPEN() which in the future will
>   contain the filedescriptor number on opens from userland.
>   
>   The index is used rather than a "struct file *" since it conveys a bit
>   more information, which may be useful to in particular fdescfs and /dev/fd/*
>   
>   For now pass -1 all over the place.

This seems like a mistake, it forces one to have a struct filedesc instead
of merely faking up a struct file.

What if one wants to have a cookie without a filedesc?

Am I mistaken?

If there was a discussion on this you might want to float a "Discussed
on: <listname>" in the log messages to shut me up.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred at freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'


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