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

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:05:43 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	jamie@...reable.org, 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 Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:58 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Oh, you mean without having to run the whole kernel around the
> filesystem?  Well, that's a bit more tricky: filesystems use not just
> the VFS API, but the block, VM, SLAB, etc. APIs as well.  Porting all
> of these to userspace and keeping them in sync with the kernel changes
> doesn't sound much fun.

That would be UML :)

But seriously -- wouldn't our time be better spent on improving error
handling in the kernel, rather than taking advantage of the benefits of
microkernel design... but only for those parts which don't matter?

-- 
dwmw2

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