From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] libata: allow hyphenated pattern ranges Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:39:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4C325F34.8040502@teksavvy.com> References: <4C2CB497.3000701@teksavvy.com> <4C2CEB70.3090209@pobox.com> <4C2D0F05.6040706@teksavvy.com> <4C2D13AE.6090701@teksavvy.com> <4C2D13F1.9030408@teksavvy.com> <4C2D1424.4050407@teksavvy.com> <4C31EB69.5070903@teksavvy.com> <4C322585.602@pobox.com> <4C3252FF.3040501@teksavvy.com> <4C325AA2.9020201@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:36092 "EHLO ironport2-out.pppoe.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754203Ab0GEWjv (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:39:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4C325AA2.9020201@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: IDE/ATA development list , Tejun Heo On 05/07/10 06:20 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > In this case, if you send a follow-on patch to _use_ this, I would be > happy to apply both glob_match() and blacklist patches at that point. .. Okay, I'll do that. Shortly. > 2) once other kernel users appear, submit the "move to lib/string" patch > as a distinct patch in the series of patches to driver XYZ adding a > glob_match() caller. I'll happily add an Acked-by on your patch, and it > can be submitted either direct to Linus/Andrew, or via the specific > subsystem tree that is adding a new glob_match() caller. .. James was nudging for me/somebody to do the same sort of thing for SCSI black/white lists. So that'll be the next user, I suppose. Except those'll have to go via his tree, which currently lacks the glob_match() function. So I suppose perhaps I'll just wait until after 2.6.36 opens for that. Cheers