linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] fuse: LOOKUP

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Message-ID: <87cy4g2bih.fsf@wotan.olymp>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:08:22 +0000
From: Luis Henriques <luis@...lia.com>
To: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
Cc: amir73il@...il.com, bschubert@....com, djwong@...nel.org,
 hbirthelmer@....com, kchen@....com, kernel-dev@...lia.com,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 mharvey@...ptrading.com, miklos@...redi.hu
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] fuse: LOOKUP_HANDLE operation

On Sun, Dec 14 2025, Askar Safin wrote:

> Luis Henriques <luis@...lia.com>:
>> As I mentioned in the v1 cover letter, I've been working on implementing the
>> FUSE_LOOKUP_HANDLE operation.  As I also mentioned, this is being done in
>> the scope of a wider project, which is to be able to restart FUSE servers
>> without the need to unmount the file systems.  For context, here are the
>> links again: [0] [1].
>
> Will this fix long-standing fuse+suspend problem, described here
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250720205839.2919-1-safinaskar@zohomail.com/ ?

No, this won't fix that.  This patchset is just an attempt to be a step
closer to be able to restart a FUSE server.  But other things will be
needed (including changes in the user-space server).

Cheers,
-- 
Luís