On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 04:11:10PM +0000, Konstantin Komarov wrote: > > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 8:24 PM > > To: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Leonidas P. Papadakos <papadakospan@xxxxxxxxx>; zajec5@xxxxxxxxx; Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah- > > Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Paragon NTFSv3 (was Re: [GIT PULL] vboxsf fixes for 5.14-1) > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 8:55 AM Konstantin Komarov > > <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > We've just sent the 27th patch series which fixes to the buildability against > > > current linux-next. And we'll need several days to prepare a proper pull request > > > before sending it to you. > > > > Well, I won't pull until the next merge window opens anyway (about a > > month away). But it would be good to have your tree in linux-next for > > at least a couple of weeks before that happens. > > > > Added Stephen to the participants list as a heads-up for him - letting > > him know where to fetch the git tree from will allow that to happen if > > you haven't done so already. > > > > Thanks for this clarification, Linus! > Stephen, please find the tree here: > https://github.com/Paragon-Software-Group/linux-ntfs3.git > It is the fork from 5.14-rc5 tag with ntfs3 patches applied. > Also, the latest changes > - fix some generic/XYZ xfstests, which were discussed > with Theodore, Darrick and others > - updates the MAINTAINERS with mailing list (also added to CC here) and scm tree link. Can you please send this also as normal patch series to mailing lists so we can comment there. One thing a like to ask you to do before that is add reviewed-by tag and signed-off-by tag as stated here https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210810054637.aap4zuiiparfl2gq@kari-VirtualBox/ and https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210810074740.mkjcow2inyjaakch@kari-VirtualBox/ > Please let me know if additional changes requred to get fetched into linux-next. > > > The one other thing I do want when there's big new pieces like this > > being added is to ask you to make sure that everything is signed-off > > properly, and that there is no internal confusion about the GPLv2 > > inside Paragon, and that any legal people etc are all aware of this > > all and are on board. The last thing we want to see is some "oops, we > > didn't mean to do this" brouhaha six months later. > > > > I doubt that's an issue, considering how public this all has been, but > > I just wanted to mention it just to be very obvious about it. > > > > Linus > Indeed, there is no internal confusion about the GPLv2 and we mean to make this contribution. > > Best regards, > Konstantin.
