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

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Message-ID: <20190110170811.5d56f9cb@lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:08:11 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems: add binderfs

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.

> >  - 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! :)

Thanks,

jon