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Rework pathconf handling for FIFOs.

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Rework pathconf handling for FIFOs.

On the one hand, FIFOs should respect other variables not supported by
the fifofs vnode operation (such as _PC_NAME_MAX, _PC_LINK_MAX, etc.).
These values are fs-specific and must come from a fs-specific method.
On the other hand, filesystems that support FIFOs are required to
support _PC_PIPE_BUF on directory vnodes that can contain FIFOs.
Given this latter requirement, once the fs-specific VOP_PATHCONF
method supports _PC_PIPE_BUF for directories, it is also suitable for
FIFOs permitting a single VOP_PATHCONF method to be used for both
FIFOs and non-FIFOs.

To that end, retire all of the FIFO-specific pathconf methods from
filesystems and change FIFO-specific vnode operation switches to use
the existing fs-specific VOP_PATHCONF method. For fifofs, set it's
VOP_PATHCONF to VOP_PANIC since it should no longer be used.

While here, move _PC_PIPE_BUF handling out of vop_stdpathconf() so that
only filesystems supporting FIFOs will report a value. In addition,
only report a valid _PC_PIPE_BUF for directories and FIFOs.

Discussed with: bde
Reviewed by: kib (part of a larger patch)
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12572

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jhbAuthored on
Reviewer
kib
Differential Revision
D12572: Various pathconf() fixes.
Parents
rS327003: Add log messages for unknown and unhandled phy types
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