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7 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Gregory Nutt
e4652bd3dc Squashed commit of the following:
fs: Add truncate() support for userfs
    fs/unionfs:  Add truncate() support to the unionfs
    fs/tmpfs:  Add ftruncate() support to tmpfs
    syscall/: Add system call support for ftruncate()
    net/route:  Adding ftruncate() support eliminates an issue in file-based routing table management.
    fs:  Add basic framework to support truncate() and ftruncate().  The infrastructure is complete.  Now, however, the actual implementation of ftruncate() will have to be done for each file system.
2018-01-03 16:03:56 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
d5f8a49f18 fs/userfs: Fix return value from dup method. In order to return a pointer, the parameter must be a pointer to a pointer. 2017-11-06 07:14:24 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
7deb24484c This comment converts the underlying IPC used by the UserFS from Unix domain local sockets to UDP LocalHost loopback sockets. The problem with the local sockets is that they do require operations on the top level psuedo-file system inode tree. That tree must be locked during certain traversals such as enumerate mountpoints or enumerating directory entries.
This conversion is unfortunate in the sense that Unix local domain sockets are relatively lightweight.  LocalHost UDP sockets are much heavier weight since they rely on the full UDP stack.  If anyone is up for a complete redesign, then using some shared memory and a POSIX message queue would be lightweight again.

This commit also fixes several bugs that were not testable before the inode tree deadlock.  I cannot say that the logic is 100% stable but it does not have basic functionality.

Squashed commit of the following:

    fs/userfs:  Order locking so that access to the shared I/O buffer is also locked.
    fs/userfs:  Converts to use LocalHost UDP loopback for IPC.
2017-11-05 12:25:58 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
2dbe7af7f3 fs/userfs: There are some deadlock issues that make the UserFS un-usable at the current time. Added to the TODO list; also feature is now marked EXPERIMENTAL. 2017-11-02 08:46:18 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
e5d7e4a12b fs/userfs: Correct check for response type. 2017-11-01 16:57:59 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
0614f9673b fs/userfs: Some fixes from initial testing. 2017-10-31 15:26:58 -06:00
Gregory Nutt
6e9039bb08 Squashed commit of the following:
fs/userfs:  This completes coding of the UserFS client and of the UserFS feature in general.  This feature is being merged to main now because I believe it is innocuous.  It is, however, untesed.  The next step will be to develop a test case to verify the feature.
    fs/userfs:  Completes the request logic for the UserFS client.  Still need the logic that receives the responses.
    fs/userfs:  Completes coding for most of the server side of the user filesystem logic.
    fs/userfs:  Big design changes, simplications. Use Unix domain local sockets instead of message queues.  Easier to transfer big data in local sockets than message queues.  Remove character drvier 'factory' it is not necessary.
    fs/userfs:  Minor reparitioning; volume private info does not need to be held on the OS client side.
    libc/userfs:  Add some of the server side logic.
    fs/userfs:  Add some UserFS initialization logic.
    fs/userfs:  Add frame work for the UserFS proxy.  Remove all references to a block driver.  There is no block dricer... what was I thinking?
    fs/userfs: Add some initialization of the character driver, 'factory' device.
    fs/userfs:  Rename from fusefs to userfs to that we don't stomp on someone else's cool name.
    Add a header file describing the fusefs interface.
2017-10-30 18:07:42 -06:00