On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 08:43:47AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200215153609.23797-1-James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > The point, though, is that configfd can configure pretty much anything; > it wouldn't just be limited to filesystem objects. It takes the > fsconfig idea of using a file descriptor to carry configuration > information, which could be built up over many config calls and makes > it general enough to apply to anything. One of the ideas of configfd > is that the data could be made fully introspectable ... as in not just > per item description, but the ability to get from the receiver what it > is expecting in terms of configuration options (this part was an idea > not present in the above patch series). > > If the ioctl debate goes against ioctls, I think configfd would present > a more palatable alternative to netlink everywhere. FWIW it seems more grounded on the fs world for sure. And I didn't want to barf when doing a cursory review. Luis
