Status of FUSE in FreeBSD kernel

Nikolaus Rath Nikolaus at rath.org
Fri Aug 11 18:58:11 UTC 2017


On Aug 11 2017, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there some resource that gives an overview of the features supported
> by the FUSE kernel module in FreeBSD?
>
> For example, I am wondering if the EINVAL error that I'm getting when
> sending FUSE_NOTIFY_INVAL_INODE requests to FUSE is because of an error
> on my side, or because the FreeBSD kernel just doesn't support it.
>
> I expect to encounter the same question for a number of other functions,
> e.g. the other FUSE_NOTIFY_* requests.

Another example: calling 'mknod' or 'mkfifo' on a FUSE mountpoint
doesn't seem to make it through to the filesystem, the kernel returns
-EINVAL instead.

Is that a problem with the filesystem, or not supported by the kernel?

Thanks!
-Nikolaus

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