On Wed 24-10-18 09:43:21, Amir Goldstein wrote: > Once all comments are addressed and assuming no objections, you have > two possible ways forward: > > 1. Wait for VFS maintainer to take the common code and patches ACKed > by individual maintainers (Al practically maintains some of the small fs > himself). Al's backlog is long, so this may be a long wait. > > 2. Ask a filesystem maintainer to carry the common patch along with his > specific fs patch through his tree and let other maintainers apply the patch > at their own will on the following development cycle. > The ext2 tree would be a good candidate for such a move, if Jan accepts > this change, considering that all other fs copied the buggy code from ext2. I can take these patches through my tree if Al takes too long to respond (but he apparently already had a look at the patches which is a good sign ;) and if patches are reviewed by respective fs maintainers. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR
