linux-kernel - Re: Add two VFS exports used by POHMELFS

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Message-ID: <20090113213013.GA27227@ioremap.net>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:30:13 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Add two VFS exports used by POHMELFS

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:56:30AM -0800, Greg KH (greg@...ah.com) wrote:
> > POHMELFS is a very high-performance parallel network filesystem with
> > coherent local cache of data and metadata. It entered maintenance mode
> > and is being prepared for the next submission cycle.
> > I decided first to push it into the drivers/staging which was acked
> > by Greg for the wider testing and review and move into the vanilla tree
> > in the next merge window.
> > 
> > POHMELFS needs two exports from the core VFS: add_to_page_cache_lru and
> > __lock_page_killable.
> > 
> > Please apply given patch to the current tree.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
> 
> Hm, usually we take exports at the same time the user goes into the
> tree.
> 
> I don't mind adding these exports with the same patch series to add your
> filesystem to the drivers/staging tree, if Andrew and the other vfs
> developers agree it's a sane thing to be exporting.

Ok, I can push them together (just right now :), Andrew, Linus, do you
agree to export those functions?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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