From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756790AbcG1LHl (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:07:41 -0400 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:55936 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756400AbcG1LHd (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:07:33 -0400 Message-ID: <1469704050.4197.4.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window From: James Bottomley To: Joe Perches , Linus Torvalds Cc: "containers@lists.linux-foundation.org" , linux-kernel , Al Viro , linux-fsdevel , Andrew Morton Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:07:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1469676632.3998.27.camel@perches.com> References: <1469673106.3565.9.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1469674670.3998.18.camel@perches.com> <1469676065.3998.19.camel@perches.com> <1469676632.3998.27.camel@perches.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:30 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you actually try it. > > > yes. > > Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having > > "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming > > explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c. > > > > Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one. > > Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here. > It's documented what the script does with wildcards. > > You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified > for VFS is inappropriate though, If people prefer, I can add a MAINTAINERS entry ... it's just that none of the binfmts currently has one, plus linux-fsdevel is still fingered as the list and that's the place to send patches and bug reports anyway. James From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:55936 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756400AbcG1LHd (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:07:33 -0400 Message-ID: <1469704050.4197.4.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window From: James Bottomley To: Joe Perches , Linus Torvalds Cc: "containers@lists.linux-foundation.org" , linux-kernel , Al Viro , linux-fsdevel , Andrew Morton Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:07:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1469676632.3998.27.camel@perches.com> References: <1469673106.3565.9.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1469674670.3998.18.camel@perches.com> <1469676065.3998.19.camel@perches.com> <1469676632.3998.27.camel@perches.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:30 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you actually try it. > > > yes. > > Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having > > "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming > > explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c. > > > > Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one. > > Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here. > It's documented what the script does with wildcards. > > You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified > for VFS is inappropriate though, If people prefer, I can add a MAINTAINERS entry ... it's just that none of the binfmts currently has one, plus linux-fsdevel is still fingered as the list and that's the place to send patches and bug reports anyway. James