Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] shmemfs stable directory offsets

[Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com>]

> On Jun 6, 2023, at 9:10 AM, Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> The following series is for continued discussion of the need for
> and implementation of stable directory offsets for shmemfs/tmpfs.
> 
> As discussed in Vancouver, I've re-implemented this change in libfs
> so that other "simple" filesystems can use it. There were a few
> other suggestions made during that event that I haven't tried yet.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Move bulk of stable offset support into fs/libfs.c
> - Replace xa_find_after with xas_find_next for efficiency
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Break the single patch up into a series
> 
> Changes since RFC:
> - Destroy xarray in shmem_destroy_inode() instead of free_in_core_inode()
> - A few cosmetic updates
> 
> ---
> 
> Chuck Lever (3):
>      libfs: Add directory operations for stable offsets
>      shmem: Refactor shmem_symlink()
>      shmem: stable directory offsets
> 
> 
> fs/dcache.c            |   1 +
> fs/libfs.c             | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/dcache.h |   1 +
> include/linux/fs.h     |   9 ++
> mm/shmem.c             |  58 +++++++++----
> 5 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

The good news is that so far I have received no complaints from bots
on this series.

The bad news is I have received no human comments. Ping?


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Chuck Lever