On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 03:58:58PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 at 20:54, John Groves <j...@groves.net> wrote: > > > > * The new GET_DAXDEV message/response is enabled > > * The command it triggered by the update_daxdev_table() call, if there > > are any daxdevs in the subject fmap that are not represented in the > > daxdev_dable yet. > > This is rather convoluted, the server *should know* which dax devices > it has registered, hence it shouldn't need to be explicitly asked. > > And there's already an API for registering file descriptors: > FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_OPEN. Is there a reason that interface couldn't > be used by famfs?
What happens if you want to have a fuse server that hosts both famfs files /and/ backing files? That'd be pretty crazy to mix both paths in one filesystem, but it's in theory possible, particularly if the famfs server wanted to export a pseudofile where everyone could find that shadow file? --D > Thanks, > Miklos >
