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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id w4-20020a656944000000b00524a262e0dbsi182689pgq.738.2023.04.19.14.26.54; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:27:17 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.s=korg header.b=O6ocRgan; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230007AbjDSVXX (ORCPT + 99 others); Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:23:23 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46184 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232008AbjDSVXR (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:23:17 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CA246EB5 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:22:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7617A642E3 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 82A44C433EF; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:22:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1681939320; bh=8FeQtFAQmPMVFM6tlsPfxwIQGqlujFEHWXaf5ZMyDsM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=O6ocRganDUAI/lV4ZCyRbchU+HXxtFyVbREH3btuT0gjfzXgwtyv7D43AyPRMzXyA EQ6Pd2R4k+DRhAtQvNH3oWtdQ82oY/hINPkXCHmrPVdxYHYJVGSb2YkAasQvskU9w6 mcADFIq4WPfezFJM+igySqjMcS2Us4tmG7ZULkt8= Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:21:59 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Joseph Qi Cc: Christian Brauner , Mark Fasheh , Joel Becker , Arnd Bergmann , Arnd Bergmann , ocfs2-devel , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: reduce ioctl stack usage Message-Id: <20230419142159.fd5ca2e91658fe304e317a72@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20230417205631.1956027-1-arnd@kernel.org> <20230418-fortgehen-inkubationszeit-5d3db3f0c2b1@brauner> <7555eaf9-b195-5189-3928-c7292e4a0ba5@linux.alibaba.com> <20230418-vielmehr-nominieren-7f2adb0f6703@brauner> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:00:15 +0800 Joseph Qi wrote: > > > On 4/18/23 8:56 PM, Christian Brauner wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 05:37:06PM +0800, Joseph Qi wrote: > >> Andrew picked ocfs2 patches into -mm tree before. > > Yup and that's fine obviously, but this belongs to fs/ and we're aiming > > to take fs/ stuff through the dedicated fs trees going forward. > > Either is fine for me. > Hi Andrew, what's your opinion? I've been wrangling ocfs2 for over a decade and this is the first I've heard of this proposal. Who is "we", above? What was their reasoning? Who will be responsible for ocfs2 patches? What will be their workflow and review and test processes? Overall, what benefit does this proposal offer the ocfs2 project?