linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 07/11] 9p: Add additional debug flags and open modes

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Message-ID: <Y/CGvTCyhjFITkFs@codewreck.org>
Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:05:17 +0900
From:   asmadeus@...ewreck.org
To:     Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>
Cc:     v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, rminnich@...il.com,
        lucho@...kov.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux_oss@...debyte.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/11] 9p: Add additional debug flags and open modes

Eric Van Hensbergen wrote on Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 12:33:19AM +0000:
> Add some additional debug flags to assist with debugging
> cache changes.  Also add some additional open modes so we
> can track cache state in fids more directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>

New debug flags can't hurt.

For open modes: don't we send the mode verbatim to servers? won't they
be confused?
I guess I'll see in the next patch if you trim it down, but we might
want to add a P9_MODE_MASK or something with values we're allowed to
send and have client.c filter it out?

-- 
Dominique