The nameifree patches make the namei interface reflexive.

You want this because the system calls are not the only VFS consumer
in BSD.  Other consumers include (but are not limited to):

o	Any kernel implementation of a file server

	o	NFS
	o	SMB
	o	ATALK
	o	RFS
	o	AFS
	o	CODA
	o	Etc.

o	The system call layer

o	Internal consumers, like:

	o	A Quota FS
	o	An ACL FS
	o	A UMSDOSFS
	o	Any FS that needs a namespace incursion for data hiding


You also want this because it means that "whoever allocates something
must later free it".  This is a general win because it makes it easier
to think about things like SMP locking, or non-SMP locking, in the
realtime case.

In general, these changes enable future research; and that's what
BSD is all about: research.

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