Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 03:21:04PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 > >> From the name, I would think it ought to be fsid_t, but it looks as if
 > >> that's a red herring and it was left partway through a cleanup that
 > >> intended to change it to fsid_t later. Or something like that.
 > >
 > >Hm, yes, possibly.  It appears that fsid_t is a 64-bit non-integral
 > >type, so changing it to that right now as an alternative to this
 > >"point fix" would have possibly wide-ranging consequences, and would
 > >certainly change the binary layout.  On the other hand, I had already
 > >verified that the simpler fix worked as a "build fix"; I had
 > >successfully completed several port rebuilds with this fix in place,
 > >so I concluded that it ought to be good enough for now.
 > 
 > In the christos-time_t branch va_fsid is dev_t and sizeof(dev_t) ==
 > sizeof(fsid_t) since dev_t is uint64_t. We did not want to change
 > the binary layout on head that is why we did not widen it.

Right. I mentioned this because maybe the half-finished cleanup should
be completed sometime... or if not, maybe the field should be renamed.

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David A. Holland
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