linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: cache the string generated by reading /proc/filesystems

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Message-ID: <87h63bpnib.fsf@igel.home>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:53:16 +0100
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org,  viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,  jack@...e.cz,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: cache the string generated by reading
 /proc/filesystems

On Mär 29 2025, Mateusz Guzik wrote:

> It is being read surprisingly often (e.g., by mkdir, ls and even sed!).

It is part of libselinux (selinuxfs_exits), called by its library
initializer.

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