Re: Merging relayfs?

[Andrew Morton]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:10:42PM -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Andrew, can you please merge relayfs?  It provides a low-overhead
> > logging and buffering capability, which does not currently exist in
> > the kernel.
> 
> While the code is pretty nicely in shape it seems rather pointless to
> merge until an actual user goes with it.

Ordinarily I'd agree.  But this is a bit like kprobes - it's a funny thing
which other kernel features rely upon, but those features are often ad-hoc
and aren't intended for merging.

relayfs is more for in-kernel "applications" than for userspace ones, if
you like.

Still, first let us get a handle on who wants relayfs now and in the future
and for what.  Then we can better decide.
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