From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] A own subdirectory for shared TCP code Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 22:27:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20171004202749.GB13247@lunn.ch> References: <20171003222213.7996-1-richard_siegfried@systemli.org> <20171003.160338.1370433279322133749.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Richard Siegfried Return-path: Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:39607 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751161AbdJDU1z (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2017 16:27:55 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:54:17PM +0200, Richard Siegfried wrote: > On 04/10/17 01:03, David Miller wrote: > > As someone who has to do backports regularly to -stable, there is no way > > I am applying this. > > > > Sorry. > Okay, I see. > > Is grouping files into subdirectories something generally > unwanted/unlikely to be applied or is this specific to TCP / networking? > > Because there are several other places in the source tree where I would > like to group things. Hi Richard It is generally unwanted. Have you tried back porting patches when the directory structure has changed? Files have moved around? It makes it a lot harder to do. Meaning patches are going to be back ported less often. Fixes which could be security relevant might not get back ported, etc. Kernel 4.4 is going to be supported until 2022. So moving files around is going to make Greg Kroah-Hartman life more difficult for the next 5 years. Andrew