tech-kern: namecache (Re: code to store the path of the executable in struct

Subject: namecache (Re: code to store the path of the executable in struct
To: None <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/10/2007 10:29:20

> On Sep 20, 2007, at 5:14 PM, Andrew Doran wrote:
> 
> > The reverse mapping makes me uncomfortable. For MP the namecache  
> > needs to be
> > simple because it's one item of shared state that gets hammered on.  
> > Is it
> > possible to get the path at exec time?
> 
> I've been thinking of rewriting the name cache.  The changes I have in  
> mind would allow you to always get the path for a file.
> 
> -- thorpej

are you going to make it a layer upper than vnodeops,
like dragonfly and linux?

YAMAMOTO Takashi