[Linux-cachefs] CacheFS status

[Suresh Jayaraman]

On 07/09/2010 10:15 PM, Gilliam, PaulX J wrote:

> 
> The 'flaw' David mentioned will not effect my use because it is related to the way hard disks work and I am using SSD's for backing store.
> 
> If anyone comes up with a fix or workaround to make cacheFS work better with hard disks for backing store, I would diffidently be interested, just to make sure it will continue to work fine with SSD's, if for no other reason.
> 
> Plus, in the sprit of open source software development, I would hope that we can work together and make cacheFD work for everyone.  There are many elements to this design that make it superior to the alternative (cachefiles).

yes, I should admit that I was impressed when reading about CacheFS and
its design. However, I'm not sure whether I understand the design flaw
that is being discussed (I'll have to dig up the mailing lists, I think).

> Suresh, I hope you will join the fun.
> 

I would need to understand it better before I comment, but why not if I
could do something...

Thanks,
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-cachefs-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:linux-cachefs-
>> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of David Howells
>> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 6:00 AM
>> To: Linux filesystem caching discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Linux-cachefs] CacheFS status
>>
>> Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman at suse.de> wrote:
>>
>>> I find multiple references about the CacheFs filesystem (caching
>>> backend) in Documentation/Caching of kernel source. However, I could not
>>> locate the code inside the kernel tree.
>>>
>>> What is the status of CacheFS? Has it not been accepeted? Why?
>>> Where can I find the sources?
>>
>> Development on it is stalled because I hit a flaw in my design.  I can send
>> you the code if you want.
>>
>> David
>>
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Suresh Jayaraman