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=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 A5A78C433ED for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFB66143E for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229805AbhD1X5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:57:49 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46472 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229474AbhD1X5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:57:49 -0400 Received: from fieldses.org (fieldses.org [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:2f7::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAC4EC06138B; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fieldses.org (Postfix, from userid 2815) id C46BF727A; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:57:02 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 fieldses.org C46BF727A DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fieldses.org; s=default; t=1619654222; bh=fBRqiq9HasBfGYA8KzoAhMaldfNtLR6I/5Za9CCIh6w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=hz2fPyGzk1Im35JmUrMcONqUT9ImVx8Nk0r/X0iyoWvMEP/gJIrPAlGG/aNJko8aJ ZDyj1uLfhQTmQFlq1hSUHQ9doy0wBo6lxvSY6wyVox0ODXISvSinMT91e5OZmKKinR euasbhjzyP02O1wtuOxZz3Ss5rKRn0YWQK0Xmb7I= Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:57:02 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: =?utf-8?B?QXVyw6lsaWVu?= Aptel Cc: Namjae Jeon , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, smfrench@gmail.com, senozhatsky@chromium.org, hyc.lee@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, hch@lst.de, hch@infradead.org, ronniesahlberg@gmail.com, aurelien.aptel@gmail.com, sandeen@sandeen.net, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, colin.king@canonical.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, willy@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] cifsd: introduce new SMB3 kernel server Message-ID: <20210428235702.GE7400@fieldses.org> References: <20210422002824.12677-1-namjae.jeon@samsung.com> <20210428191829.GB7400@fieldses.org> <878s52w49d.fsf@suse.com> <20210428204035.GD7400@fieldses.org> <875z06vyi6.fsf@suse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <875z06vyi6.fsf@suse.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 12:24:17AM +0200, Aurélien Aptel wrote: > "J. Bruce Fields" writes: > > I'd rather see multiple patches that were actually functional at each > > stage: e.g., start with a server that responds to some sort of rpc-level > > ping but does nothing else, then add basic file IO, etc. > > > > I don't know if that's practical. > > Although it would certainly be nice I don't think it's realistic to > expect this kind of retro-logical-rewriting. AFAIK the other new > fs-related addition (ntfs patchset) is using the same trick of adding > the Makefile at the end after it was suggested on the mailing list. So > there's a precedent. OK, I wondered if that might be the case. I don't love it, but, fair enough, maybe that's the best compromise. --b.