linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] fallocate: create FAN_MODIFY and IN

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Message-Id: <20141014154349.ca831a4d1e5c1747779552ec@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:43:49 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	John McCutchan <john@...nmccutchan.com>,
	Robert Love <rlove@...ve.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fallocate: create FAN_MODIFY and IN_MODIFY events

On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:24:02 +0200 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de> wrote:

> Hello Andrew,
> 
> the patch in
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/3/56
> and cited below was reviewed by Jan Kara.
> 

Jan wondered why we generate events for FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, so other
people will wonder the same thing.  We should tell them.  Via code
comments and/or changelogging.

Any question which a reviewer asks should be viewed as a defect in the
patch.  The patch isn't finished until people can read it without
having questions.

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