linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 07/31] netfs: Make a netfs helper module

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Message-ID: <161918455721.3145707.4063925145568978308.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:29:17 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
        Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        dhowells@...hat.com,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
        David Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 07/31] netfs: Make a netfs helper module

Make a netfs helper module to manage read request segmentation, caching
support and transparent huge page support on behalf of a network
filesystem.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>
Tested-By: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
cc: linux-cachefs@...hat.com
cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
cc: ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org
cc: v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/160588496284.3465195.10102643717770106661.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161118135638.1232039.1622182202673126285.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161161031028.2537118.1213974428943508753.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161340391427.1303470.14884950716721956560.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161539531569.286939.18317119181653706665.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161653790328.2770958.6710423217716151549.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161789071202.6155.16519256513958534906.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6
---

 fs/netfs/Kconfig |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 fs/netfs/Kconfig

diff --git a/fs/netfs/Kconfig b/fs/netfs/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ebf90e6ca95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/netfs/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config NETFS_SUPPORT
+	tristate "Support for network filesystem high-level I/O"
+	help
+	  This option enables support for network filesystems, including
+	  helpers for high-level buffered I/O, abstracting out read
+	  segmentation, local caching and transparent huge page support.