Hi Matthew- > On Jan 31, 2022, at 9:32 PM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 02:16:54AM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 31, 2022, at 4:06 PM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 ;-) I suspect the set of interested parties is small, but is not limited to just two. A separate Zoom discussion for NFS server developers might be helpful. Let's co-ordinate offline. -- Chuck Lever
