linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] smb3 client fixes

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjZXRvTnAwO-EcheuHkjOmq2YMua9YC3sbaXYBQ+FC8og@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:54:44 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, CIFS <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] smb3 client fixes

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 at 15:57, Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote:
>
> - Fix reparse points (special file handling) for SMB1

I'm not seeing this being a fix at all. This seems to be entirely new
functionality, with not even a whiff of "this fixes Xyz".

I pulled and then unpulled again. Because WTF?

If it's a real fix for a real problem, it needs to be explained as such.

And if it is what it looks like and the explanation says it is, then
it damn well shouldn't be hidden in a "fixes" pull and tried to be
sneaked in with the pull request dressing it up as anything else.

                 Linus