2007/456 Vnode Specific Data

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 08:48 -0600, Rob Gittins wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> Would it be possible to extend vsd_create to take a key as well as 
> create and return a key?  This way a FS can have predefined key values 
> for specific data elements.  This might simplify the usage in some cases.

as I understand it, this mechanism is intended to permit subsystems
other than filesystems to tag vnodes with subsystem-specific data.

if you were to do this, how would you preassign key values across all
filesystems so they don't collide?

					- Bill