linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] erofs: move erofs out of staging

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Date:   Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:00:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     tytso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@....com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>, Miao Xie <miaoxie@...wei.com>,
        devel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Darrick <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        linux-erofs <linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Li Guifu <bluce.liguifu@...wei.com>,
        Fang Wei <fangwei1@...wei.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] erofs: move erofs out of staging

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "tytso" <tytso@....edu>
> An: "richard" <richard@....at>
> CC: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Gao Xiang" <hsiangkao@....com>, "Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>, "Chao
> Yu" <yuchao0@...wei.com>, "Dave Chinner" <david@...morbit.com>, "David Sterba" <dsterba@...e.cz>, "Miao Xie"
> <miaoxie@...wei.com>, "devel" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>, "Stephen Rothwell" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, "Darrick"
> <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>, "Amir Goldstein" <amir73il@...il.com>,
> "linux-erofs" <linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org>, "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, "Jaegeuk Kim" <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
> "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Li Guifu" <bluce.liguifu@...wei.com>, "Fang Wei" <fangwei1@...wei.com>,
> "Pavel Machek" <pavel@...x.de>, "linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, "Andrew Morton"
> <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. August 2019 19:46:21
> Betreff: Re: [PATCH] erofs: move erofs out of staging

> On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 07:06:40PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> > So holding a file system like EROFS to a higher standard than say,
>> > ext4, xfs, or btrfs hardly seems fair.
>> 
>> Nobody claimed that.
> 
> Pointing out that erofs has issues in this area when Gao Xiang is
> asking if erofs can be moved out of staging and join the "official
> clubhouse" of file systems could certainly be reasonable interpreted
> as such.  Reporting such vulnerablities are a good thing, and
> hopefully all file system maintainers will welcome them.  Doing them
> on a e-mail thread about promoting out of erofs is certainly going to
> lead to inferences of a double standard.

Well, this was not at all my intention.
erofs raised my attention and instead of wasting a new thread
I answered here and reported what I found while looking at it.
That's all.

Thanks,
//richard