linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] docs: consolidate sysfs-block into Documentation/ABI/

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Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 11:32:45 -0800
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] docs: consolidate sysfs-block into Documentation/ABI/

On 12/1/21 12:45 AM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> This series consolidates the documentation for /sys/block/<disk>/queue/
> into Documentation/ABI/, where it is supposed to go (as per Greg KH:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/YaXXpEAwVGTLjp1e@kroah.com).
> 
> This series also updates MAINTAINERS to associate the block
> documentation with the block layer.
> 
> This series applies to linux-block/for-next.
> 
> Eric Biggers (7):
>    docs: sysfs-block: sort alphabetically
>    docs: sysfs-block: add contact for nomerges
>    docs: sysfs-block: fill in missing documentation from queue-sysfs.rst
>    docs: sysfs-block: document stable_writes
>    docs: sysfs-block: document virt_boundary_mask
>    docs: block: remove queue-sysfs.rst
>    MAINTAINERS: add entries for block layer documentation
> 
>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | 766 ++++++++++++++++++--------
>   Documentation/block/index.rst         |   1 -
>   Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst   | 321 -----------
>   MAINTAINERS                           |   2 +
>   4 files changed, 545 insertions(+), 545 deletions(-)
>   delete mode 100644 Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst

How about adding a patch that moves Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
to Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block? The block layer sysfs ABI is used
widely by user space software and is considered stable.

Thanks,

Bart.