From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Carpenter Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:36:27 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] orangefs: Axe some dead code Message-Id: <20161128143627.GT6266@mwanda> List-Id: References: <20161121221702.6438-1-christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> <20161125215139.GM6266@mwanda> <20161126100229.GO6266@mwanda> <20161128110713.GE28558@mwanda> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Mike Marshall Cc: Martin Brandenburg , Christophe JAILLET , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 09:06:12AM -0500, Mike Marshall wrote: > Perhaps we should modify Greg KH's "be-all, end-all document" > on "HOWTO do Linux kernel development" then... you've > contributed a boatload of work to the kernel since as far > back as 2006, but I'm a newbie who just works in an > isolated subsystem... people like me need a reliable > and authoritative cheat-sheet to go by... > > I think you believe I should ask for this to be pulled only > during a merge window. Since this patch doesn't involve new > functionality, or even any functionality, it seems like pull-fodder > anytime after it is vetted, based on Greg's HOWTO... Hm. Yes. I can see how that document is misleading. I'll send a patch. > > My original intent on posting to this thread was to let > christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr know that I saw and > appreciate his review and the good patch he supplied. > Yes. Of course. But this discussion has been valuable, I hope. regards, dan carpenter