linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC

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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:57:41 -0500
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, 
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>, jack@...e.cz, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, 
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "conduct@...nel.org" <conduct@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 03:47:59PM -0800, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 05:55:03PM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > Shuah, would you be willing to entertain the notion of modifying your...
> 
> Kent, I'd like to gently remind you that Shuah is not speaking in her
> personal capacity, but as a representative of the Code of Conduct
> Committee[1], as she has noted in her signature.  The Code of Conduct
> Committee is appointed by, and reports to, the TAB[2], which is an
> elected body composed of kernel developers and maintainers.
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/code-of-conduct.html
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.html
> 
> Speaking purely in a personal capacity, and not as a member of the TAB
> (although I do serve as vice-chair of that body) I am extremely
> grateful of the work of Shuah and her colleages (listed in [1]).  I
> believe that their work is important in terms of establishing guard
> rails regarding the minimum standards of behavior in our community.
> 
> If you look at the git history of the kernel sources, you will see
> that a large number of your fellow maintainers assented to this
> approach --- for example by providing their Acked-by in commit
> 1279dbeed36f ("Code of Conduct Interpretation: Add document explaining
> how the Code of Conduct is to be interpreted").

Authored by Shuah, so I do seem to be talking to the correct person.

Regardless, we talked privately about opening some sort of public
discussion, this is pursuant to that.