From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A22C43444 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:36:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17AF820656 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:36:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="fUgkNQ5T" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733233AbfAORg0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:36:26 -0500 Received: from mail-lj1-f194.google.com ([209.85.208.194]:39567 "EHLO mail-lj1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730477AbfAORg0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:36:26 -0500 Received: by mail-lj1-f194.google.com with SMTP id t9-v6so3067995ljh.6 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:36:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=nHshMCSorPpY/QZmNQOt/sQ+z+X4ln9Zi/Eq5qY6o9o=; b=fUgkNQ5T/MP0h2Ps88Ds/ZdVf4WgV/ainpcgijslLROmSiQUoOsKILsXp8gDprfGpi hgiee0bbMY91tOB7aSQQBZb5te7usmog5jYqVIAsdU1urg/1+WVmC/jbOYBv8VzA2Yye 9Cw+cmaBS6BhCQkfT5Gtoxhll8t3MQFZJFLzg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nHshMCSorPpY/QZmNQOt/sQ+z+X4ln9Zi/Eq5qY6o9o=; b=XolUepRRlKBg8iq12JJKoR0aHcnFMAqL47IyjNC7wXokRRAlcdPWdwSWb0QpeM5ycr pyzwF2wuawUQ92PQ5v3m9WW1aPTWrEULItcS8Wkp1Wd8LiBEg0DIFnyTKfQOoSZNgKJ2 5VL9TUkVXmDx0kkH+VQq3EdrVMB2hXcWcc7JVJLrwqOLtVTmLsHD1tCbGNTMj2A9Cwd/ mPDrkiiJeS6btaSCv/Al3IoI9gIfVM7EdOqItio+eiFn0MaRC/ZXH/h6RXCjZssXtc22 +BjAsRfjJdpcsRSgDrzZrxUeT7O84SG1NTO4oUCl5lkMdu0sw3TQwZJefT2bGg0rxZUl 9pXg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukfTrQLRzFm4yioP5MOjDZZ0f0Uzkhs9BcR+42/ebq6saVDam+d7 4pFiQWisL9wNb8KifkqrE2YgcsqB9l4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN5Tl7JE2gDOM/iHm5ipSSRqOh+aMxL8HnVx9n3qfd1I/prE6GkAhUv/01xwwxkRfz64FXuINQ== X-Received: by 2002:a2e:2b11:: with SMTP id q17-v6mr3580324lje.25.1547573784203; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:36:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-lf1-f51.google.com (mail-lf1-f51.google.com. [209.85.167.51]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b17sm719604lfc.21.2019.01.15.09.36.22 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:36:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-lf1-f51.google.com with SMTP id a8so2693706lfk.5 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:36:22 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a19:7006:: with SMTP id h6mr3777610lfc.147.1547573782515; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:36:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190102174736.GB29127@quack2.suse.cz> <20190108100500.GA15801@quack2.suse.cz> <20190115092414.GA4138@quack2.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20190115092414.GA4138@quack2.suse.cz> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:36:06 +1200 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] dtype handling cleanup for v4.21-rc1 To: Jan Kara Cc: linux-fsdevel , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 9:24 PM Jan Kara wrote: > > What has happened to this pull request? It may be too late for this to be > merged now but I'd like to understand why it was not merged or rejected... Sorry, initially I left if for later consideration after rc1, and then I just forgot about it. I didn't see much point to the cleanup when it actually adds lots of lines and no actual advantage. The whole dentry type translation really is fs-specific and it might just happen to be shared. But why share it if it only adds complexity and unnecessary abstraction? Linus