Re: [PATCH 00/24] vfs: require filesystems to explicitly opt-in to lease support
Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 03:14:13PM +0100, Amir Goldstein wrote: > Very well then. > How about EXPORT_OP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES? Sure. > > The problem there is that we very much do want to keep tmpfs > > exportable, but it doesn't have stable handles (per-se). > > Thinking out loud - > It would be misguided to declare tmpfs as > EXPORT_OP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES > and regressing exports of tmpfs will surely not go unnoticed. tmpfs handles are stable. It's the tmpfs files that don't survive an unmount or reboot..