linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs

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Message-ID: <20180529102215.GL23861@dastard>
Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 20:22:15 +1000
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:26:44AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 
> Although the api is documented in the source code Ted has pointed out
> that there is no mention in the core-api Documentation and there are
> people looking there to find answers how to use a specific API.
> 
> Changes since v1
> - add kerneldoc for the api - suggested by Johnatan
> - review feedback from Dave and Johnatan
> - feedback from Dave about more general critical context rather than
>   locking
> - feedback from Mike
> - typo fixed - Randy, Dave
> 
> Requested-by: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

We could bikeshed forever about the exact wording, but it covers
everything I think needs to be documented.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>

-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com