linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI

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Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:24:41 +0100
From:	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI

Am Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2012 schrieb Dave Chinner:
> > That being said, you'll note that unlike Dave, I have
> > **not** thrown a hissy fit when btrfs grabbed bits from the inode
> > field, even though quite a bit more bits allocated for the inode
> > flags than the fallocate flags.
> 
> IOWs, pointing out that the standard peer review process has been
> bypassed is "throwing a hissy fit"? And Linus calls it "being a
> pissy bitch". To me this is acknoweldgement of the fact that
> something wrong was done, but the actors can't bring themselves to
> directly admit it and so are resorting to name calling and
> blame-shifting to discredit the messenger and therefore the message.

+1

Anyway, the decision seems to be set, so indeed waste of energy to discuss 
it further.

I agree the process is usually fluid. Cause I did not recognize a thread 
like this every day here on this list. And what happened, happened.

But for the future I´d like that patches are posted.

Ciao,
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