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

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Message-Id: <20260112103959.e5e956cd0d8b6f904e21827a@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:39:59 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:16:54 +0900 OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp> wrote:

> 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.

OK, thanks, seems I misremembered.