Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Mar 07 2025, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > >> Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> With FDBox in place, add documentation that describes what it is and how >>> it is used, along with its UAPI and in-kernel API. >>> >>> Since the document refers to KHO, add a reference tag in kho/index.rst. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 21 +++ >>> Documentation/kho/fdbox.rst | 224 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Documentation/kho/index.rst | 3 + >>> MAINTAINERS | 1 + >>> 4 files changed, 249 insertions(+) >>> create mode 100644 Documentation/kho/fdbox.rst >> >> Please do not create a new top-level directory under Documentation for >> this; your new file belongs in userspace-api/. > > I did not. The top-level directory comes from the KHO patches [0] (not > merged yet). This series is based on top of those. You can find the full > tree here [1]. > > Since this is closely tied to KHO I found it a good fit for putting it > on KHO's directory. I don't have strong opinions about this so don't > mind moving it elsewhere if you think that is better. I've not seen the KHO stuff, but I suspect I'll grumble about that too. Our documentation should be organized for its audience, not for its authors. So yes, I think that your documentation of the user-space interface should definitely go in the userspace-api book. Thanks, jon (Who now realizes he has been arguing this point of view for over ten years ... eventually it will get across... :)
