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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB49BC433F5 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2022 02:32:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231168AbiBACcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:32:41 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33928 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229794AbiBACck (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:32:40 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B163BC061714 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:32:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=EOcwj4pE2etyMzrc5R8K1TCXD4lfa0MHlDS5y2L2sog=; b=I4xKrkbTFaKixq62gWf15Jijz4 Z6XFnOf/jS3rFEISsTNoPLu15Oc3Vustql5JRSJVs20fnLmjtMdZrw3T4799bZUREUfly/aQLic89 +tnkJuuh5Rh16yphTCdk/Ky1uxagVcsCXamiVxfJWpl2bk83Ox+tfcVTBzK9Z0yZAlxoihqp2SOMX dcBqzfHP+IQ68g83JyrmdrxpfdtCQlzLvxv7c2QbTee1hCZit/wgwg1ag/ysqZ3w5AbufhohrFofA 6IyCHU2lpZRGV32xLZZvn6/hndmLmixZ0PmDSaEeAL1RIq+rNkImsZtk3GuoN3tJ+Vb97R1WTxKFL TbG1cktA==; Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nEiyB-00BEC6-8B; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:32:35 +0000 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 02:32:35 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Chuck Lever III Cc: David Howells , "lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "jlayton@kernel.org" Subject: Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Netfs support library Message-ID: References: <2571706.1643663173@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1CAF5D33-E854-4B82-AC32-0FDCF1894253@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1CAF5D33-E854-4B82-AC32-0FDCF1894253@oracle.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 02:16:54AM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote: > > > > On Jan 31, 2022, at 4:06 PM, David Howells wrote: > > > > I've been working on a library (in fs/netfs/) to provide network filesystem > > support services, with help particularly from Jeff Layton. The idea is to > > move the common features of the VM interface, including request splitting, > > operation retrying, local caching, content encryption, bounce buffering and > > compression into one place so that various filesystems can share it. > > IIUC this suite of functions is beneficial mainly to clients, > is that correct? I'd like to be clear about that, this is not > an objection to the topic. > > I'm interested in discussing how folios might work for the > NFS _server_, perhaps as a separate or adjunct conversation. I'd be happy to have that discussion with you, possibly in advance of LSFMM. I have a fortnightly Zoom call (which I put up on Youtube), and I'd be happy to have this as a topic one week if more people are interested than just you & I. If it's just you & me, then we can chat any time ;-)