Re: Suggested changes to the VFS

Benjamin C.R. LaHaise (blah@kvack.org)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:30:39 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

...
> Basically, this is what I'm proposing; if this doesn't meet your needs
> we'll have to figure it out:
>
> 1. Move open from file_operations to inode_operations;

May I suggest that it be moved to dentry_operations rather than
inode_operations? Ideally almost all of the current inode_operations
should become dentry_operations (except for operations like read & write)
-- that way virtual directories for things like loopback filesystems are
doable. Beyond that, move open: it makes sense.

-ben

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