Subject: RE: 64 bit inode changes
To: Christos Zoulas <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Gordon Waidhofer <gww@traakan.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/16/2005 17:44:36
> | How does readdir(3) locate the next directory entry?
> | Using dp->d_reclen or DIRENT_RECLEN?
> 
> It uses dp->d_reclen, but open-codes it since it uses its own buffer
> management.
> 
> christos

Good answer. d_reclen should be kept. I just wanted
to verify that expunging d_reclen is not a NetBSD
objective. The answers to the earlier questions without
d_reclen could be quite a challenge that accomplishes
practically nothing.

Regards,
	-gww