linux-kernel - Re: vm/fs meetup in september?

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:08:02 -0700
From:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
To:	"Nick Piggin" <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Memory Management List" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: vm/fs meetup in september?

> A few things I'd like to talk about are:
>
> - the address space operations APIs, and their page based nature. I think
>   it would be nice to generally move toward offset,length based ones as
>   much as possible because it should give more efficiency and flexibility
>   in the filesystem.
>
> - write_begin API if it is still an issue by that date. Hope not :)
>
> - truncate races
>
> - fsblock if it hasn't been shot down by then
>
> - how to make complex API changes without having to fix most things
>   yourself.

I'd like to add:

-revamping filemap_xip.c

-memory mappable swap file (I'm not sure if this one is appropriate
for the proposed meeting)
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