Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] fuse: LOOKUP_HANDLE operation

From: Luis Henriques

Date: Mon Dec 15 2025 - 07:08:31 EST


On Sun, Dec 14 2025, Askar Safin wrote:

> Luis Henriques <luis@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> As I mentioned in the v1 cover letter, I've been working on implementing the
>> FUSE_LOOKUP_HANDLE operation. As I also mentioned, this is being done in
>> the scope of a wider project, which is to be able to restart FUSE servers
>> without the need to unmount the file systems. For context, here are the
>> links again: [0] [1].
>
> Will this fix long-standing fuse+suspend problem, described here
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250720205839.2919-1-safinaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ ?

No, this won't fix that. This patchset is just an attempt to be a step
closer to be able to restart a FUSE server. But other things will be
needed (including changes in the user-space server).

Cheers,
--
Luís