linux-kernel - Re: [v8 08/13] exfat: add exfat cache

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Message-ID: <20200108184616.GA15429@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jan 2020 19:46:16 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@...sung.com>,
        Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        linkinjeon@...il.com
Subject: Re: [v8 08/13] exfat: add exfat cache

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:08:19PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Thursday 02 January 2020 11:19:26 Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > I am planning to change to share stuff included cache with fat after
> > > exfat upstream.
> > 
> > Can unwanted code duplication be avoided before?
> 
> +1 Could it be possible?

Let's defer that until we have the code upstream.  Getting rid
of the staging version and having proper upstream exfat support
should be a priority for now, especially as sharing will involve
coordination with multiple maintainers.  If it works out nicely
I'm all for it, though!