Re: [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] eventfs: Have the inodes all for files and directories all be the same

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Steven.

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:07:31 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Actually, inodes isn't the biggest issue of tar, as tar *is* a common
> > operation on tracefs.
>
> Correction. tar would be a common operation if it worked ;-)

What would be needed to fix that?  I regularly use tar on other virtual
file systems (e.g. /sys/firmware/devicetree/), which works fine.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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