linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] xfs: fixes for v4.20-rc6

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Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:25:49 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, david@...morbit.com,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] xfs: fixes for v4.20-rc6

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:16:58AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 05:58:18AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 11:24:48AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > Honestly, I really wish you simply wouldn't send me "xfs" fixes that
> > > aren't really xfs-specific at all.
> > > 
> > > All the splice patches (and honestly, I feel some of the iomap ones
> > > too) that have come in through the xfs tree should have been handled
> > > separately as actual VFS patches. Or at least had acks from Al or
> > > something.
> > 
> > iomap came in through the XFS tree originally, and has been very much
> > maintained in combo, even though we now have another user with gfs.
> > 
> > Maybe we just need to make that official in MAINTAINERS?
> 
> Yes, though who should be the official maintainer?  You wrote most of
> the iomap code; do you want to maintain it yourself?  Or have people
> funnel them wherever XFS patches go? :)

Well, the original version is from Dave, although I'm not sure if much
of that code is left.  I think just maintaining it with XFS is a good
idea.  But if we need an explicit maintainer I can do it.