On 18 Oct 2023, at 14:38, Anna Schumaker wrote: >> It's not yet clear sysadmins will even need a switch like this, so I >> would go further and say you should hold off on merging anything >> like it until there is an actual reported need for it. >> >> Now, full control over that bitmap is still very neat thing for >> experimentation by NFS developers. Hiding this behind a Kconfig >> option would let you merge it but then turn it off in production >> kernels. > > Definitely a neat thing to have, but I'm also in favor of hiding it > behind a kconfig option to start. Ah, missed replying to this part in the last message: Ok, if my last message isn't convicing enough, are we talking about something like CONFIG_NFS_EXPERT_SYSFS? I'm worried that trying to make NFS nicer/safer in sysfs just means we're gatekeeping what's already a complex and breakable set of technologies in the one place (sysfs) where we can actually expose some complexity. Ben
