Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/11] common implementation of dirent file types

[Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 01:08:04PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 24-10-18 09:43:21, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > Once all comments are addressed and assuming no objections, you have
> > two possible ways forward:
> > 
> > 1. Wait for VFS maintainer to take the common code and patches ACKed
> >     by individual maintainers (Al practically maintains some of the small fs
> >     himself). Al's backlog is long, so this may be a long wait.
> > 
> > 2. Ask a filesystem maintainer to carry the common patch along with his
> >    specific fs patch through his tree and let other maintainers apply the patch
> >    at their own will on the following development cycle.
> >    The ext2 tree would be a good candidate for such a move, if Jan accepts
> >    this change, considering that all other fs copied the buggy code from ext2.
> 
> I can take these patches through my tree if Al takes too long to respond
> (but he apparently already had a look at the patches which is a good sign
> ;) and if patches are reviewed by respective fs maintainers.
> 
> 								Honza
> 
> -- 
> Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
> SUSE Labs, CR

Dear Jan,

Thank you - and thank you Al as well for taking a look :-) I will publish
a new series later on (possibly tomorrow) with all the feedback I've
gathered.

Regards,
Phil