Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-05 Thread Ian Kent
On Wed, 2020-08-05 at 10:00 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 3:33 AM Ian Kent wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 16:36 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > And notice how similar the above interface is to getxattr(), or > > > the > > > proposed readfile(). Where has the "everythi

Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-05 Thread Miklos Szeredi
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 3:33 AM Ian Kent wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 16:36 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > And notice how similar the above interface is to getxattr(), or the > > proposed readfile(). Where has the "everything is a file" > > philosophy > > gone? > > Maybe, but that philosop

Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-04 Thread Ian Kent
On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 16:36 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:15 AM Ian Kent wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:42 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 5:50 PM David Howells > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > > > Here's a set of patches t

Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-04 Thread Miklos Szeredi
On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:15 AM Ian Kent wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:42 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 5:50 PM David Howells > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > Here's a set of patches that adds a system call, fsinfo(), that > > > allows > > > information

Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-03 Thread Ian Kent
On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 18:42 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 5:50 PM David Howells > wrote: > > > > Hi Linus, > > > > Here's a set of patches that adds a system call, fsinfo(), that > > allows > > information about the VFS, mount topology, superblock and files to > > be > >

Re: [GIT PULL] Filesystem Information

2020-08-03 Thread Miklos Szeredi
On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 5:50 PM David Howells wrote: > > > Hi Linus, > > Here's a set of patches that adds a system call, fsinfo(), that allows > information about the VFS, mount topology, superblock and files to be > retrieved. > > The patchset is based on top of the mount notifications patchset s