linux-kernel - Re: [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and directories all be the same

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:07:06 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and
 directories all be the same

Hi Steven.

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:07:31 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > Actually, inodes isn't the biggest issue of tar, as tar *is* a common
> > operation on tracefs.
>
> Correction. tar would be a common operation if it worked ;-)

What would be needed to fix that?  I regularly use tar on other virtual
file systems (e.g. /sys/firmware/devicetree/), which works fine.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68korg

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