cvs commit: src/sys/sys vnode.h src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c

David Malone dwmalone at maths.tcd.ie
Tue Jan 4 01:46:07 PST 2005


On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 07:30:02AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >>   Log:
> >>   Eliminate vop_revoke() function now that devfs_revoke() does the entire job.

> >do these changes mean it is no longer possible to revoke ordinary files?

> It never were.

There was actually a short period when revoking regular files and
ttys worked. However, revoking fifos and Unix domain sockets didn't,
so it was restricted to tty for the sake of consistency. (Maybe
where I say "ttys" I actually mean "devices"?)

	David.


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