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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=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 84B9CC43219 for ; Wed, 1 May 2019 02:17:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531C920652 for ; Wed, 1 May 2019 02:17:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726412AbfEACRq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:17:46 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:51090 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726220AbfEACRq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:17:46 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9A7B22C4; Wed, 1 May 2019 02:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:17:41 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Al Viro Cc: Eric Biggers , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, "Tobin C. Harding" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] vfs: update ->get_link() related documentation Message-ID: <20190430201741.2ffc48b2@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20190501021423.GQ23075@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20190411231630.50177-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <20190422180346.GA22674@gmail.com> <20190501002517.GF48973@gmail.com> <20190501013649.GO23075@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20190430194943.4a7916be@lwn.net> <20190501021423.GQ23075@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 May 2019 03:14:23 +0100 Al Viro wrote: > I do have problems with vfs.txt approach in general and I hope we end up > with per object type documents; however, that's completely orthogonal to > format conversion. IOW, I have no objections whatsoever to format switch > done first; any migration of e.g. dentry-related parts into a separate > document, with lifecycle explicitly documented and descriptions of > methods tied to that can just as well go on top of that. OK, great. That said, let's hold the format conversion for 5.3 (or *maybe* late-merge-window 5.2). It's a big set of patches to shovel in at this point, and while it's good work, it's not screamingly urgent. My suggestion would be to take Eric's stuff, it shouldn't be a problem to adjust to it. Sound good? Thanks, jon