Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:49:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:47:21 -0500 Received: from smtp1.vol.cz ([195.250.128.73]:22539 "EHLO smtp1.vol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:47:02 -0500 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 03:10:53 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, avfs@fazekas.hu Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] FUSE: Filesystem in Userspace 0.95 Message-ID: <20020113031052.I511@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <200201100955.KAA19208@duna207.danubius> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200201100955.KAA19208@duna207.danubius>; from Miklos.Szeredi@eth.ericsson.se on Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:55:09AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > FUSE 0.95 is available (download or CVS) from: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf (I'm offline, that's why I'm asking like that): > What's new in 0.95 compared to 0.9 > > - Major performance improvements in both the kernel module and the > library parts. > > - Small number of bugs fixed. FUSE has been through some stress > testing and no problems have turned up yet. > > - Library interface simplified. A simple 'hello world' filesystem > can now be implemented in less than 100 lines. Are you multithreaded? Like will big ftp download block all FUSE, all ftp, only one server, or everything? > - Python (by Jeff Epler) and Perl (by Mark Glines) bindings are in > the works, and will be released some time in the future (now > available through CVS). Nice! > Problems still remaining: > > - Security problems when fuse is used by non-privileged users: > > o user can intentionally block the page writeback operation, > causing a system lockup. I'm not sure this can be solved in > a truly secure way. Ideas? How does GRUB solve this? > Introduction for newbies: > > FUSE provides a simple interface for userspace programs to export a > virtual filesystem to the Linux kernel. FUSE also aims to provide a > secure method for non privileged users to create and mount their own > filesystem implementations. > > Fuse is available for the 2.4 (and later) kernel series. > Installation is easy and does not need a kernel recompile. Maybe it could replace sf/coda and fs/intermezzo? Is it powerfull/fast enough for that? Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html. - 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/