Re: [PATCH 1/4] Optimize NFS open() calls by means of 'intents'...

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 04:36:45PM +0200, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> +++ linux-2.5.73-04-lookupintent/include/linux/namei.h	2003-06-30 08:48:43.000000000 +0200
>  struct nameidata {
>  	struct dentry	*dentry;
>  	struct vfsmount *mnt;
>  	struct qstr	last;
>  	unsigned int	flags;
>  	int		last_type;
> +
> +	/* Intent data */
> +	union {
> +		struct open_intent open;
> +	} u;
> +
> +#if 0
> +	/* FS private data */
> +	void		*it_private;
> +	void (*it_release)(struct nameidata *, void *);
> +#endif

Can we call the union something descriptive (eg "intent") rather than "u"?
"u" only makes sense when you're working around not having anonymous
unions.

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