Re: [PATCH v3] docs: add guidelines for submitting new filesystems

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:52:12 +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> This document is motivated by the ongoing maintenance burden that
> abandoned and untestable filesystems impose on VFS developers, blocking
> infrastructure changes such as folio conversions and iomap migration.
> 
> This week alone, two new filesystems were proposed on linux-fsdevel
> (VMUFAT and FTRFS), highlighting the need for documented guidelines
> that new filesystem authors can refer to before submission.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.2.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.misc

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      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/b34d597faae6