linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs part 2

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Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:48:22 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs part 2

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Variants:
>        1) drop that commit, fold obvious fix into it, leave it for for-next
> once -rc1 is there; ask you to pull the branch with that sucker excluded
>        2) fold the fix into commit, ask you to pull the resulting branch
>        3) add fix to the end of existing branch, ask to pull

Let's go for (2). I'll take a new look after the pull request, but no
guarantees that I'll then pull it.

Btw, I liked the do_lookup cleanups, but nicer commit logs would have
been good. Especially the first lines. The whole

     untangling do_lookup(), part 1
     untangling do_lookup(), part 2
     untangling do_lookup(), part 3
     untangling do_lookup(), part 4
     untangling do_lookup(), part 5
     untangling do_lookup(), part 6
     untangling do_lookup(), part 7
     untangling do_lookup(), part 8
     untangling do_lookup(), part 9

in shortlogs (and gitk!) does turn me off. So since you have to redo
the series anyway, can I ask you to perhaps try to make it a bit more
descriptive?

                       Linus
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