linux-kernel - Re: Btrfs for mainline

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Date:	Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:17:36 -0500
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Btrfs for mainline

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 14:50 -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:17:06PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>  
> > > - compat.h needs to go
> > 
> > Later.  It's still there for XFS.
> 
> ?

> > > - there should be manpages for all the ioctls and other interfaces.
> > 
> > I wonder if Michael Kerrisk has time to help with that.  Cc'd.
> 
> Actually a lot of the ioctl API don't just need documentation but
> a complete redo.  That's true at least for the physical device
> management and subvolume / snaphot ones.
> 

The ioctl interface is definitely not finalized.  Adding more vs
replacing the existing ones is an open question.

> > > - various checkpath.pl level problems I think (e.g. printk levels) 
> > 
> > Can be fixed up later.
> > 
> > > - the printks should all include which file system they refer to
> > 
> > Ditto.
> 
> >From painfull experience with a lot of things, including a filesystem
> you keep on mentioning it's clear that once stuff is upstream there
> is very little to no incentive to fix these things up.
> 

I'd disagree here.  Cleanup incentive is a mixture of the people
involved and the attention the project has.

-chris


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