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From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>, Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
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 Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Namjae Jeon
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] smb: smbdirect: move fs/smb/common/smbdirect/ to
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Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 3:16=E2=80=AFAM Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.or=
g> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Christoph,
>>
>> >> diff --git a/fs/smb/Makefile b/fs/smb/Makefile
>> >> index 9a1bf59a1a65..353b1c2eefc4 100644
>> >> --- a/fs/smb/Makefile
>> >> +++ b/fs/smb/Makefile
>> >> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>> >>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> >>
>> >>   obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS)                +=3D common/
>> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_SMBDIRECT)             +=3D smbdirect/
>> >
>> > Why is this not in net/smbdirect/ or driver/infiniband/ulp/smdirect?
>>
>> Yes, I also thought about net/smbdirect.
>
> I would prefer to leave it in fs/smb for the time being, since it makes it
> easier to track since fs/smb/server and fs/smb/client have dependencies
> on it.   In the long run, I don't mind moving it, if it starts being
> used outside
> of smb client and server.

Please let's not break backporting any further.  Decide where it will
end up at once.  We don't want the "fs/cifs -> fs/smb/client" history
all over again.

Won't samba be using it?  If so, you could consider an user outside
fs/smb/{client,server} and then leave it in net/ instead, as hch
suggested.