linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems: add binderfs

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:22:39 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems: add binderfs

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 05:08:11PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:56:42 +0100
> Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
> 
> > >  - Please consider doing this in RST and tying it into our documentation
> > >    tree.  It's *almost* RST now, so the effort required will be almost
> > >    zero.  
> > 
> > Oh sure. I simply didn't know. I was just going by the files under
> > Documentation/filesystems/. Is this a separate git tree? If so, where is
> > located? Or can I just place it as
> > Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst?
> 
> The latter - plus an entry in index.rst.  Look at, say, path-lookup.rst in
> that directory now.

Good. Thanks!

> 
> > >  - Is it worth putting the example program in the samples/ directory?  Is
> > >    it something that would ever make any sense to run in its current form?  
> > 
> > Hm, I mean I can write a small binary that illustrates mounting and
> > allocating binder devices in binderfs.
> 
> This was just a thought - I sure don't want to try to send you off on some
> sort of project if it won't be useful! :)

I mean it'll be useful and it's really not a lot of work to be honest.
It's just extending the program I put into the commit message for
binderfs itself. :)

Thanks!
Christian