From 73c4bac7a61aee7266300f5714598a9eaf27dcb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Nutt Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 07:03:54 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update TODO --- TODO | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 1b8700bf7d..b69eb820fa 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1979,6 +1979,14 @@ o File system / Generic drivers (fs/, drivers/) with a simple directory listing with the 'ls' command which locks the inode tree while the directory entries are enumerate. + The simplest solution would be change the IPC so that it does + not interact with the inode tree. The simplest IPC change + would be to swith the underlying IPC from Unix domain local + sockets to LocalHost loopback sockets. This would add + overhead of supporting a UDP stack in all configurations. + Another option would be to use shared memory or, perhaps + better, shared memory with a message queue. + Support UserFS is currently marked EXPERIMENTAL to prevent accidentlly enabling the feature. Status: Open