Re: [PATCH 00/17] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications [ver #17]

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 05:25:49PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:46:09AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > 
> > I'm doing a patch.   Let's see how it fares in the face of all these
> > preconceptions.
> 
> Here's a first cut.  Doesn't yet have superblock info, just mount info.
> Probably has rough edges, but appears to work.
> 
> I started with sysfs, then kernfs, then went with a custom filesystem, because
> neither could do what I wanted.

Hm, what is wrong with kernfs that prevented you from using it here?
Just complexity or something else?

thanks,

greg k-h