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Re: device vnodes, and structural confusion



In article <20130621214939.4013614A163%mail.netbsd.org@localhost>,
Mindaugas Rasiukevicius  <rmind%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>> In the short term, to reduce the confusion I would like to make the
>> following changes:
>> 
>>    1. Rename v_mount, which is the filesystem the vnode is on (almost
>>    always / for device vnodes), to "v_myfs".
>
>It is a massive churn for a questionable benefit.  The current name,
>v_mount, is already in the books.  It does not seem to be confusing.
>Better description in the source code might be more helpful.

Yes, let's leave v_mount alone.

christos



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