Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Where is fuse going? API cleanup, restructuring and more

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM John Groves <john@jagalactic.com> wrote:
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> On 26/02/04 11:06AM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
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> [ ... ]
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> > >  - famfs: export distributed memory
> >
> > This has been, uh, hanging out for an extraordinarily long time.
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> Um, *yeah*. Although a significant part of that time was on me, because
> getting it ported into fuse was kinda hard, my users and I are hoping we
> can get this upstreamed fairly soon now. I'm hoping that after the 6.19
> merge window dust settles we can negotiate any needed changes etc. and
> shoot for the 7.0 merge window.
>

I think that the work on famfs is setting an example, and I very much
hope it will be a good example, of how improving existing infrastructure
(FUSE) is a better contribution than adding another fs to the pile.

I acknowledge that doing the latter is way easier (not for vfs maintainers)
and I very much appreciate your efforts working on the generic FUSE support
that will hopefully serve the community and your users better in the long run.

Thanks,
Amir.