Re: [RFC V2 14/18] famfs_fuse: GET_DAXDEV message and daxdev_table

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Thu Aug 14 2025 - 10:17:41 EST


On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 at 20:54, John Groves <John@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * The new GET_DAXDEV message/response is enabled
> * The command it triggered by the update_daxdev_table() call, if there
> are any daxdevs in the subject fmap that are not represented in the
> daxdev_dable yet.

This is rather convoluted, the server *should know* which dax devices
it has registered, hence it shouldn't need to be explicitly asked.

And there's already an API for registering file descriptors:
FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_OPEN. Is there a reason that interface couldn't
be used by famfs?

Thanks,
Miklos