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authorAlex Elsayed <eternaleye@gmail.com>2018-03-01 18:02:11 -0800
committerAlex Elsayed <eternaleye@gmail.com>2018-03-01 18:02:11 -0800
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Todo: add DAX to wishlist
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* Support the [`i_version` inode attribute][iversion], useful for NFSv4,
backup tools, indexers, and other things that want to have a counter
that updates whenever something changes about a file.
+ * Support DAX, to allow using NVM devices directly and reduce page-cache
+ pressure
+ * Caveat: May need careful thinking if the kernel assumes it can write
+ directly if DAX is supported; getting checksums invalidated would suck.
[AESSIV]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5297
[secdel]: https://lwn.net/Articles/462437/