linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] floppy: A couple of cleanups

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4d8cfe65-a8fd-4f3d-a324-8873f4016ad0@kernel.dk>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:32:59 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
 Thomas Fourier <fourier.thomas@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
 sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
 Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
 Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, Ian Molton <spyro@....com>,
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
 "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
 Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] floppy: A couple of cleanups

On 8/26/25 7:28 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 02:48:21PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:32:54 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> There are a few places in architecture code for the floppy driver
>>> that may be cleaned up. Do it so.
>>>
>>> Assumed to route via Andrew Morton's tree as floppy is basically orphaned.
>>>
>>> Changelog v2:
>>> - combined separate patches sent earlier into a series
>>> - added tags (Helge, Geert)
>>> - fixed typo in the commit message (Geert)
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Applied, thanks!
> 
> Ah, thanks! It's good to know you can take (and actually did that) them.

I've always been happy to apply floppy fixes or cleanups, I just treat
it like any other orhpaned/unmaintained block driver.

-- 
Jens Axboe