I mean, dot's what I'm talking about it. Dot's all she wrote.

ron

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 9:01 PM ron minnich <[email protected]> wrote:

> dot's what I mean.
>
> ron
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:35 PM Kevin Klues <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That's fucked
>>
>> On Saturday, January 9, 2016, Dan Cross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 5:31 PM, barret rhoden <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-01-09 at 22:22 ron minnich wrote:
>>>> > It was for .
>>>>
>>>> It was for what?  There's nothing after 'for' and before the period
>>>> '.'.  =)
>>>>
>>>> So are you saying that the previous comment:
>>>>
>>>> * the zeroth element of the table MUST be the directory itself for ..
>>>>
>>>> was:
>>>>
>>>> * the zeroth element of the table MUST be the directory itself for
>>>> .PERIOD
>>>>
>>>> (first dot means '.', second dot is a period?)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Haha; yes. Horrible, isn't it?
>>>
>>> The git log says that line came from the original dev.c (9838b574b8d0
>>>> ("dev.c, which has stubs we need").
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I don't disagree that the first entry in the devtab is DOT.
>>>> But why does the first entry need to be DOT?  I think it is because of
>>>> DOTDOT processing, which goes on in the later lines of code.
>>>> Specifically, if i == DEVDOTDOT, then we just devdir the first entry of
>>>> the table.  For DOTDOT to work correctly, this first entry should be
>>>> the actual directory we're in (a.k.a. DOT).  I think.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's right.
>>>
>>> Ironically, this is almost *exactly* the conversation Ron and I had
>>> yesterday about this. "Wait, so that second dot is a dot?" "Yeah, but it's
>>> a period...like an 'end of sentence, full-stop' type period."
>>>
>>> Who's on first? :-)
>>>
>>>         - Dan C.
>>>
>>> Barret
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > ron
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 2:17 PM Dan Cross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:21 AM, barret rhoden
>>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> On 2016-01-08 at 15:53 Dan Cross wrote:
>>>> > >> > diff --git a/kern/src/ns/dev.c b/kern/src/ns/dev.c
>>>> > >> > index 8b23bbd..99ee384 100644
>>>> > >> > --- a/kern/src/ns/dev.c
>>>> > >> > +++ b/kern/src/ns/dev.c
>>>> > >> > @@ -85,28 +85,30 @@ devdir(struct chan *c, struct qid qid, char
>>>> > >> > *n, }
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> >  /*
>>>> > >> > - * the zeroth element of the table MUST be the directory itself
>>>> > >> > for ..
>>>> > >> > - * Any entry with qid vers of -1 will return 0, indicating that
>>>> > >> > the value is
>>>> > >> > - * valid but there is nothing there continue walk.
>>>> > >> > - * TODO(gvdl): Update akaros devgen man page.
>>>> > >> > -*/
>>>> > >> > + * The zeroth element of the table MUST be the directory
>>>> > >> > itself, or '.' (dot).
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> The "for .." in the original comment was probably "for DOTDOT
>>>> > >> processing", not that the 0th element represented "..".  Clearly,
>>>> > >> the comment needs to change a little, since it was unclear enough
>>>> > >> that you changed it.  =)
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > No, it was definitely for 'dot'. I got confused by that myself, but
>>>> > > stared through it enough to finally understand that that's what it
>>>> > > is, hence the change of the comment.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > + * Any entry with qid verion of -1 will return 0, indicating
>>>> > > > that the
>>>> > >> > value is
>>>> > >> > + * valid but there is nothing there, so continue walking.
>>>> > >> > + *
>>>> > >> > + * TODO(cross): Document devgen.
>>>> > >> > + */
>>>> > >> >  int
>>>> > >> > -devgen(struct chan *c, char *unused_char_p_t, struct dirtab
>>>> > >> > *tab, int ntab,
>>>> > >> > -   int i, struct dir *dp)
>>>> > >> > +devgen(struct chan *c, char *unused_name, struct dirtab *tab,
>>>> > >> > int ntab,
>>>> > >> > +       int i, struct dir *dp)
>>>> > >> >  {
>>>> > >> > - if (tab == 0)
>>>> > >> > + if (tab == NULL)
>>>> > >> >   return -1;
>>>> > >> >   if (i != DEVDOTDOT) {
>>>> > >> > - /* skip over the first element, that for . itself */
>>>> > >> > + /* Skip over the first element, that for the directory itself.
>>>> > >> > */ i++;
>>>> > >> > - if (i >= ntab)
>>>> > >> > + if (i < 0 || i >= ntab || tab[i] == NULL)
>>>> > >> >   return -1;
>>>> > >> >   tab += i;
>>>> > >> >   }
>>>> > >> > - int ret = (tab->qid.vers == -1)? 0 : 1;
>>>> > >> > - if (ret)
>>>> > >> > - devdir(c, tab->qid, tab->name, tab->length, eve, tab->perm,
>>>> > >> > dp);
>>>> > >> > - return ret;
>>>> > >> > + assert(tab != NULL);
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> don't need the assert, since there's a check for tab == NULL
>>>> > >> earlier.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Ooops. Will change once I get access to my workstation again....
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > + if (tab->qid.vers == -1)
>>>> > >> > + return 0;
>>>> > >> > + devdir(c, tab->qid, tab->name, tab->length, eve, tab->perm,
>>>> > >> > dp);
>>>> > >> > + return 1;
>>>> > >> >  }
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> barret
>>>> > >>
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