linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Add generic writepage callback

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Message-ID: <20090603225733.GB21314@mit.edu>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:57:33 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, sandeen@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Add generic writepage callback

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 06:53:08PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> Hi Aneesh,
> 
> In the future, *please* give me patches versus the patch queue.  This
> patch moves functions around, so applying it is painful in the
> extreme, and it's very painful to check and see whether it undoes
> patches later in the patch.
> 
> In fact, can you redo these patches (2/3 and 3/3), versus the latest
> in the patch queue?

P.S.  And if you can avoid making the patch move functions around,
it'll make it a lot more likely that I'll be able to backport it to
the -stable series.  In its current form it's essentially impossible
that I would ever consider trying to backport it to 2.6.29, or
(goodness help us, 2.6.27).

						- Ted
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