linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drbd: fix discard_zeroes_if

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:43:35 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Eric Wheeler <drbd-dev@...ts.ewheeler.net>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
cc:     drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drbd: fix discard_zeroes_if_aligned regression

On Mon, 15 Jan 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> NAK.  Calling a discard and expecting zeroing is simply buggy.

But of course, that would be silly.

We don't expect discard to zero---but we do expect discard to discard!

> And double NAK for patches like this without a linux-block Cc.

My appologies, I thought this was internal to DRBD.  

What is the general rule here?

Should linux-block always be Cc'ed with a patch?

--
Eric Wheeler