Subj : [$] Famfs: a filesystem interface to shareable memory
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From : LWN.net
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 22:30:05

[$] Famfs: a filesystem interface to shareable memory

Date:
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:28:16 +0000

Description:
At the 2024 Linux
Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit , John Groves led
a session on famfs, which is a filesystem he has developed that uses the
kernel's direct-access (DAX) mechanism to access memory that is shareable 
between hosts.  The discussion
was aimed at whether a different approach should be taken and, in
particular, whether FUSE should be used instead of implementing as an
in-kernel filesystem.  As noted in the thread about his
proposal for an LSFMM+BPF session, and the mailing-list discussions on the 
first and second
version of his patch set, there is some skepticism that a new in-kernel
filesystem is warranted for the use case.

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