Re: [PATCH] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:15:27 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> It was an effort to enhance fscache as a kernel cache for lazy
> pulling (at least according to previous Incremental FS discussion [1])
> and EROFS over fscache was the in-tree user of this mode.
> 
> fscache has since evolved to be netfslib-oriented, serving network
> filesystem inodes via the netfs library, but EROFS never acts as a
> network filesystem and we need to cache golden filesystem images rather
> than individual EROFS inodes.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.3.netfs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.3.netfs branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.3.netfs

[1/1] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/949eb95d5bcc