Re: fs compression

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> The compression code must be able to read pages from the underlying
> filesystem.  This involves using the pagecache.  But the uncompressed data
> is what ultimately should end up in the pagecache.  This is where I'm
> currently stuck.  How do I implement the code such that the underlying
> compressed data may be read (using the pagecache or not) while not
> disturbing the pagecache for the uncompressed data?  I'm wondering if I need
> to create an internal address_space to pass down into the underlying
> readpage?  Or is there another way to do this?

I created a private address_space for the inode that is passed into the
lower readpage.  That seems to be working.  Is this a cool thing to do
(hopefully)?
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