Re: translators holding a ref to underlying node

2001-05-07 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Take a look at both ext2fs and ufs. Neither deallocates its reference to > > the underlying node. > > Contrary to the propaganda of the time, Bushnells do write bugs. > Copying them doesn't make them less wrong. Oops, I'm wrong. It's not a bug, I

Re: translators holding a ref to underlying node

2001-05-07 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Take a look at both ext2fs and ufs. Neither deallocates its reference to > > the underlying node. > > Contrary to the propaganda of the time, Bushnells do write bugs. > Copying them doesn't make them less wrong. Indeed, those are bugs. Miles (in

translators holding a ref to underlying node

2001-05-05 Thread Roland McGrath
> If we want to do as you suggest and only destroy a node when the there is > no active translator, we must add a user reference when an active > translator is started and drop one when the control port dies. This > implies asking for dead name notification on active translator control > ports an