Re: [9fans] v9fs release

[Greg Watson <gwatson@lanl.gov>]

Please don't bother. We are not proposing to merge this with any code
base, nor are we looking for a review of the design or code. This is
simply a work-in-progress that we wish to make available to those who
are interested. Constructive feedback is always appreciated.

It is entirely likely that this will morph into something that is of
no interest to the 9p folks, since we are primarily concerned with
developing for our local environment. Expect to see all sorts of
add-ons in the source tree.

Greg

>On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Greg Watson wrote:
>
>>  ...and we are planning to mount users home directories, etc. using
>>  v9fs. There's an automounter that mounts the filesystems in a private
>>  namespace each time a process is executed on a node. When the process
>>  terminates the filesystems are auto unmounted.
>
>Umm...  Why the devil was that stuff mixed with 9P support, again?  Do one
>thing and do it well and all such...
>
>Frankly, after the look through the source...  Folks, it's unmergable.
>There are 4 or 5 unrelated patches trying to get out of that beast and
>as it is the combination will be vetoed.
>
>And please, please, use the sane coding style.  Either one described in
>Documentation/CodingStyle or the style common in Plan 9 kernel - they
>are close enough.
>
>I can post detailed review either on fsdevel or here tomorrow (probably
>the former - code and design review of that stuff doesn't look on-topic for
>9fans).  And no, it won't be pleasant - aside of very sloppy programming in
>a lot of places, there are outright races aplenty.
>
>/me sadly shakes head and ponders adding "Required reading: K&P" into the
>place where required versions of cc/binutils/etc. are described...