tmpfs projects

[Nick]

Hello,

I am new to NetBSD and would like to see if there is any chance that I
could find something related to file system to work on (I am working on
networking/platform SW full-time)

Are these two projects already complete or been taken care of by people?
Those look like a good entry point to the file system:

- Memory-usage policies for tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-memory-usage/>
- Add snapshots to tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-snapshot/>

Thanks,
CC

[Greg Troxel]

Post by Nick
Hello,
I am new to NetBSD and would like to see if there is any chance that I
could find something related to file system to work on (I am working on
networking/platform SW full-time)
Are these two projects already complete or been taken care of by people?
- Memory-usage policies for tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-memory-usage/>
- Add snapshots to tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-snapshot/>

I'm not clear on who's working on them - check the code in -current.
But I would suggest that the former is more useful to people.

Another thing, far far bigger, is modernizing our ZFS support. But it
would be a huge contribution to make progress.

[David Holland]

Post by Greg Troxel

Post by Nick
Are these two projects already complete or been taken care of by people?
- Memory-usage policies for tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-memory-usage/>
- Add snapshots to tmpfs
<http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/tmpfs-snapshot/>

I'm not clear on who's working on them - check the code in -current.
But I would suggest that the former is more useful to people.

I believe someone's been working on the former, at least the way it's
stated on the project page.

However, a different thing that also constitutes memory-usage policies
for tmpfs is: implementing quota support for tempfs. That I'm quite
sure nobody's done.

Post by Greg Troxel
Another thing, far far bigger, is modernizing our ZFS support. But it
would be a huge contribution to make progress.

That's a lot to bite off for a newbie...