Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752127Ab3HUFfn (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:35:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com ([209.85.212.176]:56101 "EHLO mail-wi0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752050Ab3HUFfl (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:35:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20130821101403.1706678a4bbdebec4756ee54@canb.auug.org.au> References: <1374774659-13121-1-git-send-email-dave.kleikamp@oracle.com> <20130820130056.GA9652@infradead.org> <5213BFCB.3010503@oracle.com> <20130821101403.1706678a4bbdebec4756ee54@canb.auug.org.au> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:35:39 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 00/33] loop: Issue O_DIRECT aio using bio_vec From: Sedat Dilek To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Dave Kleikamp , Christoph Hellwig , LKML , linux-fsdevel , Andrew Morton , "Maxim V. Patlasov" , Zach Brown , Linux-Next Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3768 Lines: 92 On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:13:15 -0500 Dave Kleikamp wrote: >> >> Would you be willing to pick up >> git://github.com/kleikamp/linux-shaggy.git for-next >> into linux-next? > > I have added that from today. > >> There will be some unclean merges, and I can send you updated patches >> created against your latest tree. I'm not exactly sure of your process >> wrt cleaning up merges, but I guess they would help. > > Since I will merge your tree into linux-next, I only need to fix merge > conflicts, so while those patches can be a guide, they are mostly not > needed. > >> On 08/20/2013 08:00 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> > As I've seen very few replies to this: how do we ensure this gets >> > picked up for the 3.12 merge window? The series has been a reposted >> > a few times without complaints or major changes, but the ball still >> > doesn't seem to get rolling. >> > >> > I'd really like to do some ecryptfs and scsi target work that is going >> > to rely on this soon. > > If this happens, then it is important that your (Dave's) tree is not > rebased/rewritten and that any other tree that depend on it merges your > tree. > > I will merge your tree relatively early, that way the merge conflicts will > be spread over several other merges and hopefully each be fairly minor. > > I gave called your tree "aio-direct", please let me know fi you think > there is a better name. > Cool, to see Dave's work in Linux-next! Dave named his GIT branch "aio_loop". ( If you (Stephen) prefer "hyphen" for your GIT branches, use "aio-loop", but that's up to the Dave. ) Anyway, I am glad to see this getting pushed. ( Hmmm, OverlayFS ..................................................................................................................). - Sedat - [1] https://github.com/kleikamp/linux-shaggy/tree/aio_loop > Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next. As > you may know, this is not a judgment of your code. The purpose of > linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of > conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. > > You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have > been: > * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's > Signed-off-by, > * posted to the relevant mailing list, > * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree), > * successfully unit tested, and > * destined for the current or next Linux merge window. > > Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him > to fetch). It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary. > > -- > Cheers, > Stephen Rothwell > sfr@canb.auug.org.au > > Legal Stuff: > By participating in linux-next, your subsystem tree contributions are > public and will be included in the linux-next trees. You may be sent > e-mail messages indicating errors or other issues when the > patches/commits from your subsystem tree are merged and tested in > linux-next. These messages may also be cross-posted to the linux-next > mailing list, the linux-kernel mailing list, etc. The linux-next tree > project and IBM (my employer) make no warranties regarding the linux-next > project, the testing procedures, the results, the e-mails, etc. If you > don't agree to these ground rules, let me know and I'll remove your tree > from participation in linux-next. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/