linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/40] staging/lustre/hsm: Implementation of exclusive open

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Message-ID: <CA+a=Yy6EGD5bF=yUYoC9tfP2fWoofa_FOOmRbDLdzbN8Qn_vqw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:26:21 +0800
From:	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@...el.com>,
	"John L. Hammond" <john.hammond@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/40] staging/lustre/hsm: Implementation of exclusive open

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:13:09AM +0800, Peng Tao wrote:
>> From: Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@...el.com>
>>
>> In this patch, a framework of lease is implemented. However,
>> only exclusive lease is supported right now.
>
> Which is a problem, why?
>
> Why do you want to add this new functionality?  What is it good for?
> Who will use it?
>
Only brief info for the patch in included in the commit message. The
long story is saved in the external link
https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-2919. I guess I need to pull
more bits to the commit message to make it more understandable.

> Oh, and the patch doesn't apply to my tree, AND it contains a bunch of
> foolish coding style errors, so even if I did understand what this was
> for, and why we wanted it, I couldn't.
>
I'll fix up. sorry.

Thanks,
Tao
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