Re: [PATCH 1/7] vfio: Create vfio_fs_type with inode per device

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Tue Aug 10 2021 - 17:16:21 EST


On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:49:45 -0400
Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 03:57:29PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 08:52:54AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:43:29 +0200
> > > Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > + * XXX Adopt the following when available:
> > > > > + * https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210309155348.974875-1-hch@xxxxxx/
> > > >
> > > > No need for this link.
> > >
> > > Is that effort dead? I've used the link several times myself to search
> > > for progress, so it's been useful to me. Thanks,
> >
> > No, but it seems odd to have reference to an old patchset in the kernel
> > tree.
>
> I learn from the reference too. Maybe move into commit message? Thanks,

TBH, I'm ok if it's "odd" if it's useful. Right here we have two
instances of it being useful. I don't think that two lines of comment
is excessive and we can always remove it when we either make the
conversion or give up on it. Moving it to the commit log would just
bury it to be pointless.

I don't have a more concise, current, or future-proof way to describe
the todo item than this link (ok, ok, I could s/lkml/r/ for 3 less
chars :-P). Thanks,

Alex