linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] cgroup: add xattr support

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:44:23 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennart Poettering <lpoetter@...hat.com>, aris@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] cgroup: add xattr support

Hello, Hugh.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:29:53PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Are we expecting Aristeu+Zefan's simple_xattr patches to go into 3.7?

Yeah, probably.

> I don't have anything planned for shmem.c for 3.7 beyond a bugfix,
> which shouldn't interact with the simple_xattr changes at all
> (I could remove info->lock, but will not do so this time around,
> precisely so as not to interfere with those patches).
> 
> So it should be perfectly workable for you to take Aristeu+Zefan's
> shmem patches into your cgroup tree, then any further mods from
> mmotm will get layered on top.

I think this approach would be simpler.  Once Aristeu posts the
updated version, I'll route the whole series through cgroup/for-3.7.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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