linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vfs: fix many problems in vfs clone/dedupe implementation

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiJdzKEq2RsQCe5R1X2W0AEiOYOt8womcyTfkD=mgQAug@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 10:13:37 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     david@...morbit.com
Cc:     djwong@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vfs: fix many problems in vfs clone/dedupe implementation

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:36 PM Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 09:35:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > I don't love the timing of this at the end of the merge window, but pulled,
>
> When would have been a better time? It's too big for a late -rc, and
> it contains stuff that needs fixing pretty urgently. So if the merge
> window is not appropriate, what should we have done here?

No, I think that with the timing of the problem finding, it was
probably the only thing to do, but generally I like these kinds of
somewhat scary and disruptive patches (just because it touches
multiple filesystems) _early_ in the merge window if at all possible,
and showing that the development was done before and not some rushed
thing..

                Linus