On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 10:20:35AM +0530, Sankar P wrote: > Hi, > > I have a simple filesystem that I did for learning purpose > https://github.com/psankar/simplefs > > Now, I would like to add a few settings to my filesystem (such as the > number of blocks that should be allocated in an extent by default, > maximum fragmentation score after which defrag should be automatically > handled etc.) I would like to have the ability to not just set these > settings, but export them to a file and restore these settings later. > Is there some kind of a settings infrastructure code that is available > in the linux kernel configfs, but usually a filesystem doesn't need anything so complex, just use the "normal" mount option way and you should be fine. > I would also like to have some kind of validation system also as part > of the settings interface. For example: If a setting can accept only > ints, trying to set a string to that should be disabled, min and max > values (range) for values of settings, etc. Again, configfs is good for "complex" configurations. Good luck, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
