From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com ([209.85.128.67]:35965 "EHLO mail-wm1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727125AbeJYVUx (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:20:53 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id a8-v6so1382049wmf.1 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:48:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:48:11 +0100 From: Phillip Potter To: Jan Kara Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, amir73il@gmail.com Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/11] common implementation of dirent file types Message-ID: <20181025124811.GA8867@pathfinder> References: <20181023201952.GA15676@pathfinder> <20181025110804.GG3626@quack2.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181025110804.GG3626@quack2.suse.cz> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > 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