- Add a separate set of vnode operations that inherits from the fifo ops
and use it for fifo nodes.
- Add a VOP_SETATTR() method that allows setting the size (by silently
ignoring the requests) of fifos. This is to allow O_TRUNC opens of
fifo devices (e.g. I/O redirection in shells using ">").
- Add a VOP_PRINT() handler while I'm here.
This way we may support multiple structures in v_data vnode field within
one file system without using black magic.
Vnode-to-file-handle should be VOP in the first place, but was made VFS
operation to keep interface as compatible as possible with SUN's VFS.
BTW. Now Solaris also implements vnode-to-file-handle as VOP operation.
VFS_VPTOFH() was left for API backward compatibility, but is marked for
removal before 8.0-RELEASE.
Approved by: mckusick
Discussed with: many (on IRC)
Tested with: ufs, msdosfs, cd9660, nullfs and zfs
