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=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 EFAE5C3A59F for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD9B23405 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="vDJbpzPt" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727500AbfH2Khx (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:37:53 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:58196 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726637AbfH2Khx (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:37:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ZZ9awTrmHwspxJUBC4pTryA35oCVUvGKerbRnjNApsQ=; b=vDJbpzPth5LsCcTimIYNmCOAx 9P8D58bdWIRa8Cbv9sybzMwbtGcbIucr5MmCaN8i3tNRUPtRZ3E8T5q/IFWuyKleJzq/Sjiv/VdyJ y8UnWm2ppWl48mjgcnnnqTK6h6vcmao5kJukOXJdLX3yXqcqzeysdhYJlVBd4Tx89PpUjIhxM8tNG vxw44VH3Lv2ize116mKLnIiMi3bLor8Hvt+PZT9sRv/oSDK0osK4Ai5SZcL3AOj+dpG/pnT9X3QUs XW0u59pXRTdm40spaY0NorGhLTNMOesNexRPq1dB1N6SXcTXLW8y2fGELfy9BdUS2x75F1oOxC2op aLLKKDg4w==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i3HoL-0003aB-FW; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:37:49 +0000 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:37:49 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Christoph Hellwig , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Sasha Levin , Valdis =?utf-8?Q?Kl=C4=93tnieks?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, OGAWA Hirofumi Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: exfat: add exfat filesystem code to staging Message-ID: <20190829103749.GA13661@infradead.org> References: <20190828160817.6250-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20190828170022.GA7873@kroah.com> <20190829062340.GB3047@infradead.org> <20190829063955.GA30193@kroah.com> <20190829094136.GA28643@infradead.org> <20190829095019.GA13557@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190829095019.GA13557@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:50:19AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > I did try just that, a few years ago, and gave up on it. I don't think > it can be added to the existing vfat code base but I am willing to be > proven wrong. And what exactly was the problem? > > Now that we have the specs, it might be easier, and the vfat spec is a > subset of the exfat spec, but to get stuff working today, for users, > it's good to have it in staging. We can do the normal, "keep it in > stable, get a clean-room implementation merged like usual, and then > delete the staging version" three step process like we have done a > number of times already as well. > > I know the code is horrible, but I will gladly take horrible code into > staging. If it bothers you, just please ignore it. That's what staging > is there for :) And then after a while you decide it's been long enough and force move it out of staging like the POS erofs code?