From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121E9C3A59B for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 07:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDED12339D for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 07:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="BN3iSfPl" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729669AbfIBHiL (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2019 03:38:11 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:39236 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729371AbfIBHiL (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2019 03:38:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date: Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=vsHiWU/4ZPU2tbVPI9rb4pxa+QdD8xZBTuST3h8mTdg=; b=BN3iSfPlTiY4WHZU3B40JcynXk 62lMMna7KOeFVGs2Cxp4qgVDzy0YHdmoDwwWJFl7pyzAb1NM8f1BJtnxfm3cgVxeK2XqUUGb6mb9e yh07JrgQrpVusvB47SvIhV4FDGDBong6D1sHv3EtjFutIw8h46tGNSeei30o+/cx+fpmswfnRJ4ly Ank96Cer5yn0cMRjj6LYFelRK23g7FFJBUyrzIkd6pPC+cawbH/t4NerbWN9jZdr3LgPLNOjManfw fn279X5jf55iurjg780IWh/QCRTmcRa1B4FZgkcs/EgeJbSP4hR5NbOM5TliU4858fNmyJ5KoTlyi CJNnQ49A==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i4guZ-0008K2-CB; Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:38:03 +0000 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 00:38:03 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Valdis =?utf-8?Q?Kl=C4=93tnieks?= Cc: Dave Chinner , Christoph Hellwig , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Sasha Levin , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/exfat - by default, prohibit mount of fat/vfat Message-ID: <20190902073803.GB18988@infradead.org> References: <245727.1567183359@turing-police> <20190830164503.GA12978@infradead.org> <267691.1567212516@turing-police> <20190831064616.GA13286@infradead.org> <295233.1567247121@turing-police> <20190901010721.GG7777@dread.disaster.area> <339527.1567309047@turing-police> <20190901224329.GH7777@dread.disaster.area> <389078.1567379634@turing-police> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <389078.1567379634@turing-police> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 07:13:54PM -0400, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: > Any recommendations on how to approach that? Clone the current fs/fat code > and develop on top of that, or create a branch of it and on occasion do the > merging needed to track further fs/fat development? > > Mostly asking for workflow suggestions - what's known to work well for this > sort of situation, where we know we won't be merging until we have several > thousand lines of new code? And any "don't do or you'll regret it > later" advice is also appreciated. :) Just try to hack it in in your local tree and see if it works at all. Normally you should have a feeling of where this is heading at this point and start iterating. One it looks somewhat presentable send it out to the list and ask for comments.