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

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Message-ID: <grcqflezvbht4mqyaalavqoneqgo2yfnmbdhbizrllv27dlgrl@jq3reem4va7i>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:51:39 -0500
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, 
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 04:53:48PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> 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?

Personally, it's always easier to take requests from a human, than a
faceless process that I have no input into.

I'll always rebell against the latter, but I'll always work to help out
or make things right with people in the community.