Re: Btrfs for mainline

Chris Mason
2009-01-03T20:18:46Z

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 14:50 -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:17:06PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> > > - compat.h needs to go
> >
> > Later. It's still there for XFS.
>
> ?

> > > - there should be manpages for all the ioctls and other interfaces.
> >
> > I wonder if Michael Kerrisk has time to help with that. Cc'd.
>
> Actually a lot of the ioctl API don't just need documentation but
> a complete redo. That's true at least for the physical device
> management and subvolume / snaphot ones.
>

The ioctl interface is definitely not finalized. Adding more vs
replacing the existing ones is an open question.

> > > - various checkpath.pl level problems I think (e.g. printk levels)
> >
> > Can be fixed up later.
> >
> > > - the printks should all include which file system they refer to
> >
> > Ditto.
>
> >From painfull experience with a lot of things, including a filesystem
> you keep on mentioning it's clear that once stuff is upstream there
> is very little to no incentive to fix these things up.
>

I'd disagree here. Cleanup incentive is a mixture of the people
involved and the attention the project has.

-chris