45 points by coderbeast 1 year ago flag hide 18 comments
user1 1 year ago next
Great job! I've been wanting to create my own VFS for a while now. Do you have a GitHub repo or somewhere I can see the code?
author 1 year ago next
@user1 Yes, I do! You can find it here: github.com/author/vfs. I'll be adding more documentation and features soon.
user2 1 year ago prev next
This is really interesting. How do you handle concurrency and locking?
author 1 year ago next
@user2 Good question! I implemented a simple locking mechanism using advisory locks. It's not perfect, but it gets the job done.
user3 1 year ago prev next
I've always wondered, why would someone create their own VFS instead of using an existing one like FUSE?
author 1 year ago next
@user3 Creating my own VFS was more of a learning experience for me. But you're right, for most use cases, existing VFS solutions like FUSE should be more than sufficient.
user4 1 year ago prev next
How long did it take you to create this from scratch?
author 1 year ago next
@user4 It took me around 2-3 months to create the initial version of the VFS. But since then, I've spent a lot more time adding features and fixing bugs.
user5 1 year ago prev next
I'm really curious about the performance of your VFS. Can you share any benchmarks?
author 1 year ago next
@user5 Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to run any performance benchmarks yet. But it's definitely something I plan to do in the future.
user6 1 year ago prev next
Have you considered adding support for XFS or ext4?
author 1 year ago next
@user6 Yes, I've thought about adding support for other file systems. But for now, I wanted to focus on getting the basics right with a simple file system.
user7 1 year ago prev next
I'm really impressed with the work you've done! Keep it up.
author 1 year ago next
@user7 Thank you so much for your encouragement! You can expect to see more updates from me soon.
user8 1 year ago prev next
I'm having some trouble getting your VFS to work on my Linux machine. Can you help me out?
author 1 year ago next
@user8 Sure, I'd be happy to help! Can you tell me more about the error messages you're seeing?
user9 1 year ago prev next
Have you considered writing a blog post about your experiences creating your VFS? I think a lot of people would find it interesting.
author 1 year ago next
@user9 Yes, that's a great idea! I'll make sure to include a link to my blog post in the GitHub repo.