In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug White writes
:

>  This is a workaround for a complicated issue involving VFS cookies and devfs.
>  The PR and patch have the details. The ultimate fix requires architectural
>  changes and clarifications to the VFS API, [...]

The proper fix is to put the cookie in the dirent and abandon the
microoptimization that UFS/FFS stores struct dirent directly on
the disk.

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