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| author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-20 15:30:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-20 15:30:39 +0100 |
| commit | 3ab8336db394683dad5f485388461e9146ac04ad (patch) | |
| tree | 4ab5c033b6cdcb14c3422015ac957bb123a97b8b /daemon/daemon.h | |
| parent | 3c5b447efd42b03c24104bdc1f3260e879bb1d25 (diff) | |
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Add strong note about deprecation of functions which take either device names or filenames.
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diff --git a/daemon/daemon.h b/daemon/daemon.h index c3b91209..115db093 100644 --- a/daemon/daemon.h +++ b/daemon/daemon.h @@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ extern void reply (xdrproc_t xdrp, char *ret); /* Helper for functions which need either an absolute path in the * mounted filesystem, OR a /dev/ device which exists. + * * NB. Cannot be used for FileIn functions. + * + * NB #2: Functions which mix filenames and device paths should be + * avoided, and existing functions should be deprecated. This is + * because we intend in future to make device parameters a distinct + * type from filenames. */ #define NEED_ROOT_OR_IS_DEVICE(path,errcode) \ do { \ |