linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] orangefs: Axe some dead code

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:36:27 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Mike Marshall <hubcap@...ibond.com>
Cc:     Martin Brandenburg <martin@...ibond.com>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] orangefs: Axe some dead code

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 09:06:12AM -0500, Mike Marshall wrote:
> Perhaps we should modify Greg KH's "be-all, end-all document"
> on "HOWTO do Linux kernel development" then... you've
> contributed a boatload of work to the kernel since as far
> back as 2006, but I'm a newbie who just works in an
> isolated subsystem... people like me need a reliable
> and authoritative cheat-sheet to go by...
> 
> I think you believe I should ask for this to be pulled only
> during a merge window.  Since this patch doesn't involve new
> functionality, or even any functionality, it seems like pull-fodder
> anytime after it is vetted, based on Greg's HOWTO...

Hm.  Yes.  I can see how that document is misleading.  I'll send a
patch.

> 
> My original intent on posting to this thread was to let
> christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr know that I saw and
> appreciate his review and the good patch he supplied.
> 

Yes.  Of course.  But this discussion has been valuable, I hope.

regards,
dan carpenter