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-rw-r--r--sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c b/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c
index e6a78c3655cc..301c583291d1 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@ ufs_mknod(ap)
DIP_SET(ip, i_rdev, vap->va_rdev);
}
/*
- * Remove inode, then reload it through VFS_VGET so it is
- * checked to see if it is an alias of an existing entry in
- * the inode cache. XXX I don't believe this is necessary now.
+ * Remove inode, then reload it through VFS_VGET(). This is
+ * needed to do further inode initialization, for instance
+ * fifo, which was too early for VFS_VGET() done as part of
+ * UFS_VALLOC().
*/
(*vpp)->v_type = VNON;
ino = ip->i_number; /* Save this before vgone() invalidates ip. */