Re: [PATCH 4/8] fuse: signal that a fuse filesystem should exhibit local fs behaviors

Miklos Szeredi
2025-09-24T13:56:00Z

On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 22:51, Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> wrote:

> Oh, ok. I can do that. Just to be clear about what I need to do for
> v6:
>
> * fuse_conn::is_local goes away
> * FUSE_I_* gains a new FUSE_I_EXCLUSIVE flag
> * "local" operations check for FUSE_I_EXCLUSIVE instead of local_fs
> * fuseblk filesystems always set FUSE_I_EXCLUSIVE

Not sure if we want to touch fuseblk, as that carries a risk of regressions.

> * iomap filesystems (when they arrive) always set FUSE_I_EXCLUSIVE

Yes.

Thanks,
Miklos