linux-ext4 - [PATCH 14/19] fuse2fs: cache symlink targets in the kernel

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Message-ID: <176246793882.2862242.10188686900712408135.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:34:48 -0800
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To: tytso@....edu
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 14/19] fuse2fs: cache symlink targets in the kernel

From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>

Speed up symlinks by allowing the kernel to cache them.

Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
---
 misc/fuse2fs.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/fuse2fs.c b/misc/fuse2fs.c
index f1fb7227f1d077..c1bd76ba449370 100644
--- a/misc/fuse2fs.c
+++ b/misc/fuse2fs.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,9 @@ static void *op_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn
 	if (ff->acl)
 		conn->want |= FUSE_CAP_POSIX_ACL;
 #endif
+#ifdef FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS
+	conn->want |= FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS;
+#endif
 #if FUSE_VERSION >= FUSE_MAKE_VERSION(3, 0)
 	conn->time_gran = 1;
 	cfg->use_ino = 1;