linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v8 4/4] fs: unicode: Add utf8 module and a unicode layer

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Message-ID: <YJoJp1FnHxyQc9/2@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 05:35:51 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>
Cc:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jaegeuk@...nel.org, chao@...nel.org,
        ebiggers@...gle.com, drosen@...gle.com, ebiggers@...nel.org,
        yuchao0@...wei.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com,
        andre.almeida@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/4] fs: unicode: Add utf8 module and a unicode layer

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 02:17:00AM +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> Theodore / Christoph, since we haven't come up with any final decision with
> this discussion, how do you think we should proceed on this?

I think loading it as a firmware-like table is much preferable to
a module with all the static call magic papering over that it really is
just one specific table.