linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir

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Message-ID: <87cy3ed7c9.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:16:54 +0900
From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@...il.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        brauner@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:45:18 +0800 Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi OGAWA,
>> 
>> Sorry, I thought the further merge request would be done by the maintainers.
>> 
>> What should I do then?
>
> That's OK - I have now taken a copy of the patch mainly to keep track
> of it.  It won't get lost.
>
> I thought Christian was handling fat patches now, but perhaps that's a
> miscommunication?

Hm, I was thinking Andrew is still handling the fat specific patch, and
Christian is only handling patches when vfs related.

Let me know if I need to do something.

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>