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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	"containers@lists.linux-foundation.org" 
	<containers@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:30:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1469676632.3998.27.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFz3+37s7eQ55kGbEEoGhMtvkAwYQ3szOSVrg3MKA+iWrg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > Did you actually try it.
> > yes.
> Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having
> "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming
> explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c.
> 
> Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one.

Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here.
It's documented what the script does with wildcards.

You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified
for VFS is inappropriate though,

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-28  3:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-28  2:31 [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window James Bottomley
2016-07-28  2:57 ` Joe Perches
2016-07-28  3:12   ` Linus Torvalds
2016-07-28  3:21     ` Joe Perches
2016-07-28  3:26       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-07-28  3:30         ` Joe Perches [this message]
2016-07-28 11:07           ` James Bottomley
2016-07-28  3:31         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-07-28  3:33           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-07-28  3:58             ` Joe Perches
2016-07-28  3:26     ` Joe Perches

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