linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/31] NT synchronization primitive driver

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:49:08 +0300
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@...eweavers.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
	Arkadiusz Hiler <ahiler@...eweavers.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] NT synchronization primitive driver

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 09:01:53AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 07:31:12PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > drivers/misc/ntsync.c                         | 1146 ++++++++++++++
> > 
> > Assuming this doesn't go into futex(2) or some other existing code...
> > 
> > Can you start putting all of this into top-level "windows" directory?
> > I suspect there will be more Windows stuff in the future.
> 
> There will?  Like what?

I don't know, native PE loader is probably a must for running Excel natively.

> > So those who don't care about Windows can turn off just one config option
> > (CONFIG_WINDOWS) and be done with it.
> 
> This should all be configured under one option anyway, so I don't see
> the need.

It is handy to have 1 obvious place to nuke some features completely.
Especially for polarising ones like Windows support.

> > Name it "Linux Subsystem for Windows" for 146% better memes.
> 
> Fun with marketing!  :)

If they can "Subsystem for Linux", we can too.