From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F3DC10F26 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 09:48:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C215D2075A for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 09:48:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1583574523; bh=cPpuEcuoYPfsokOR2Tl6vph58NA3oVUGnjnGJvqn9Ys=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=j8uRQvGAg5X4V3chisuRnzeVMdp7waTGpzDc8D72HU9d/ucQ2UGJYQHU6flqG7Fqp nbSiMBtKcfZNOLe2D3Gbm16Zq59QOOzEIsC3dmj51jGKXLT2ArKpcgRCVP771IDAKQ zl//ML/XHK7QLivqOWQjy8lRdtzVT8WtS75uSIrY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726174AbgCGJsl (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2020 04:48:41 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:54332 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726065AbgCGJsk (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2020 04:48:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E7A1D2070A; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 09:48:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1583574518; bh=cPpuEcuoYPfsokOR2Tl6vph58NA3oVUGnjnGJvqn9Ys=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oW7gpCaBYbilRdEyOH3/KpNpwEewkJjAbXdf7AYJzWS07GeR53ATEYDJqIMsLgwTL SEZXJyDNKbBvqx++GhTsIMN5Iqg8Nm0f3g4KiINFWqZENTVFo1VvukSSwFA0sciBmW qR5zCQzwXdkWzgrZj9zdcjhzGyms2cYv0mBtrjCM= Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 10:48:34 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: Ian Kent , David Howells , Christian Brauner , James Bottomley , Steven Whitehouse , Miklos Szeredi , viro , Christian Brauner , Jann Horn , "Darrick J. Wong" , Linux API , linux-fsdevel , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications [ver #17] Message-ID: <20200307094834.GA3888906@kroah.com> References: <1582556135.3384.4.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1582644535.3361.8.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20200228155244.k4h4hz3dqhl7q7ks@wittgenstein> <107666.1582907766@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <0403cda7345e34c800eec8e2870a1917a8c07e5c.camel@themaw.net> <20200306162549.GA28467@miu.piliscsaba.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200306162549.GA28467@miu.piliscsaba.redhat.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 05:25:49PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:46:09AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > > I'm doing a patch. Let's see how it fares in the face of all these > > preconceptions. > > Here's a first cut. Doesn't yet have superblock info, just mount info. > Probably has rough edges, but appears to work. > > I started with sysfs, then kernfs, then went with a custom filesystem, because > neither could do what I wanted. Hm, what is wrong with kernfs that prevented you from using it here? Just complexity or something else? thanks, greg k-h