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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 472EDC0650F for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E382173C for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:50:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565509847; bh=horouIeBkokBTcfwVlD6AMK3cmi0ExWMDGVCM0OQzcQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=AnxblitJgYEz3XB24NkNdcYWpoKJaDO7crEJJw+G/lF6Y0HojbyQUGaq+WT2cFRMO ee466ibXMeOm/4qZCuUdOVVH8+TMPDeV8XeyvsbKO8EzCN3qSPkpEbOkVCKBp4voCZ cd4Jm2fTzu0LMVE1OXY685NAyhhGs9b9oobkjVM4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725870AbfHKHuq (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 03:50:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:56052 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725821AbfHKHuq (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 03:50:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D06DD216F4; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:50:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565509845; bh=horouIeBkokBTcfwVlD6AMK3cmi0ExWMDGVCM0OQzcQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=1m2Ro1NUCdv7f0cmOz1PuOD4rTr/h4SEZzLOEoxSoRSVNH47/0YJY0lcOKaP0L/6W J+LyEsHZMuy+sv/FcblfnOtLX9HSSNtws6CHvbhLGVChlHXgdE+Wy8PGAuVcDS9nr1 2OdCKAFsF2NjJTWbhS8EkzwNHGMpqY6dr6YxePtg= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:50:42 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Hans de Goede , Alexander Viro , David Howells , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Merging virtualbox shared-folder VFS driver through drivers/staging? Message-ID: <20190811075042.GA6308@kroah.com> References: <20190811074005.GA4765@kroah.com> <20190811074348.GA13485@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190811074348.GA13485@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 12:43:48AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 09:40:05AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > Since I do not see the lack of reviewing capacity problem get solved > > > anytime soon, I was wondering if you are ok with putting the code > > > in drivers/staging/vboxsf for now, until someone can review it and ack it > > > for moving over to sf/vboxsf ? > > > > I have no objection to that if the vfs developers do not mind. > > We had really bad experiences with fs code in staging. I think it is > a bad idea that should not be repeated. Lustre was a mistake. erofs is better in that there are active developers working to get it out of staging. We would also need that here for this to be successful. Hans, is it just review that is keeping this from being merged or is there "real work" that has to be done? thanks, greg k-h