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

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Message-ID: <39e8f416-d136-4307-989a-361bf729e688@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:53:48 -0700
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
 Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 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>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM

On 11/20/24 21:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.
> 
> FYI, without taking any stance on the issue under debate here, I find the
> language used by Shuah on behalf of the Code of Conduct committee
> extremely patronising and passive aggressive.  This might be because I
> do not have an American academic class background, but I would suggest
> that the code of conduct committee should educate itself about
> communicating without projecting this implicit cultural and class bias
> so blatantly.

I tend to use formal style when I speak on behalf of the Code of Conduct
committee. I would label it as very formal bordering on pedantic.

Would you prefer less formal style in the CoC communication?

I am open to educating myself.

thanks,
-- Shuah