linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] hostfs: Convert hostfs

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Message-ID: <108225933.37250.1726169823389.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:37:03 +0200 (CEST)
From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Li Zetao <lizetao1@...wei.com>, 
	anton ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>, 
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, 
	linux-um <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>, 
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] hostfs: Convert hostfs_writepage to use folio

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Matthew Wilcox" <willy@...radead.org>
>> > -	buffer = kmap_local_page(page);
>> > +	buffer = kmap_local_folio(folio, 0);
> 
> These two lines assume that hostfs remains a non-large-folio filesystem.
> I'm not sure what the plans are for hostfs.

Somewhere deep on my TODO are plans to remove hostfs and replace it
with something such as 9p or virtiofs.
Any volunteers? :-)

Thanks,
//richard