linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] docs: consolidate sysfs-block into Documentation/ABI/

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Date:   Sun, 9 Jan 2022 13:25:51 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] docs: consolidate sysfs-block into
 Documentation/ABI/

On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 10:01:11AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 1/7/22 1:58 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On 1/6/22 13:41, Eric Biggers wrote:
> >> Jens, any reason you haven't applied this series yet?  It looks like you've been
> >> applying other patches.  To be clear, I've been expecting that this would go in
> >> through the block tree, rather than the docs tree.
> > 
> > We are close to the v5.17 merge window so this is not a good time for a maintainer to
> > apply a large patch series. If Jens does not reply I propose to repost this patch
> > series after the v5.17 merge window has closed (three weeks from now?).
> 
> I'm fine with it, but it should probably just go through the doc tree.

I think it makes much more sense for subsystems to be responsible for their own
documentation; that's why patch 8 in this series adds the block layer
documentation to the block layer MAINTAINERS entry.  Do you disagree with that?

- Eric