linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the aio tree with the vfs tree

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:37:54 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the aio tree with the vfs tree

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:24:38AM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 08:35:23AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The aio changes have either been reviewed negatively or not at all.  That 
> > tree should be dropped.
> 
> That isn't solely your decision.  If you have comments, please provide 
> constructive feedback, as there are users and use-cases that need this 
> kind of functionality.

Nothing should be a "sole decision".  But you have patches that stomp
all over areas outside your maintainership, and even those in there
aren't reviewed.  This does not fit the Linux-next criteria.