linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

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Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:15:58 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, me@...copeland.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3

On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 12:37 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> There's one thing which makes fuse a slightly better candidate for
> applications where the number of users is low: stability.  Unless you
> or your users test the hell out of your filesystem, there always a
> chance that some bugs will remain.  These rarely bring down the whole
> system, but it usually requires a reboot to let you continue using the
> Oopsing fs.

I think it's a slippery slope from that to rewriting Linux as a
microkernel.

Simple block filesystems like this belong in the kernel.

-- 
dwmw2

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