linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/59] netfs, fscache: Move /proc/fs/fscache to /proc/fs/netfs and put in a symlink

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Message-ID: <432338.1702481544@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:32:24 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
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        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/59] netfs, fscache: Move /proc/fs/fscache to /proc/fs/netfs and put in a symlink

Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
>    1. Are there known userland tools that rely on this path? I suppose
>       this is harmless either way though, and /proc is supposedly part
>       of the ABI.

I know various people have sent copies of the file in case of crashes, so it
feels like it should still be accessible by the old path.

David