On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 11:41:36 AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 00:22, Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) (1): >> XFS: Update MAINTAINERS to catch all XFS documentation > > I have no complaints about this change, but I did have a reaction: > should that "Documentation/filesystems" directory hierarchy maybe be > cleaned up a bit? > > IOW, instead of the "xfs-*" pattern, just do subdirectories for > filesystems that have enough documentation that they do multiple > files? > > I see that ext4, smb and spufs already do exactly that. And a few > other filesystems maybe should move that way, and xfs would seem to be > the obvious next one. > > Not a big deal, but that file pattern change did make me go "humm". > > So particularly if somebody ends up (for example) splitting that big > online fsck doc up some day, please just give xfs a subdirectory of > its own at the same time? I agree with your suggestion. I will make sure that new files documenting XFS will be created in a new directory that is specific to XFS and existing documentation will be moved under the new directory. -- Chandan
