Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269078AbUIBVJp (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:09:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269107AbUIBVCb (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:02:31 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:11199 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269100AbUIBU66 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:58:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:58:57 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Lee Revell Cc: Spam , Horst von Brand , Jamie Lokier , David Masover , Chris Wedgwood , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linus Torvalds , Christoph Hellwig , Hans Reiser , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Message-ID: <20040902205857.GF8653@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <1094079071.1343.25.camel@krustophenia.net> <200409021425.i82EPn9i005192@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <1535878866.20040902214144@tnonline.net> <20040902194909.GA8653@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <1094155277.11364.92.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040902204351.GE8653@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <1094158060.1347.16.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1094158060.1347.16.camel@krustophenia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 832 Lines: 21 Hi! > > Application does not have to know how to handle tar/zip/etc, but it > > has to make distinction between "enter archives" and "do not enter > > archives". See uservfs.sf.net. > > But how do you cache the information you had to look in the archive for > in a way that other apps can use it? How do you synchronize access to > the cache and maintain cache coherency in userspace? Uservfs.sf.net. Unlike alan, I do not think that "do it all in library" is good idea. I put it in the userspace as "codafs" server, and let applications see it as a regular filesystem. Pavel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/