Re: [PATCH 1/3] filesystem notification: create fs/notify to contain all fs notification

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Mon Dec 15 2008 - 20:47:11 EST


> > 1) this mail only contain Kconfig and Makefile changing patch.
> > iow, this patch doesn't contain file moving information.
> > iow, patch statics and actual patch are different.
> > 2) your latter patch doesn't depend on this patch.
> > this patch doesn't have justification.
> > I recommend to separate this patch.
>
> It is there, it is just in the git -M rename diff output rather than
> "normal" diff. See the sections like:
>
> diff --git a/fs/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from fs/dnotify.c
> rename to fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
>
> This type of patch can be applied directly to your git tree and makes
> review trivial.....
>
> If people who will put this into a subsystem would prefer the long diff
> I'll gladly resend.

Oh sorry ;)
To be honest, almost linux-mm develper are using quilt and I don't use
git almost case.


> I'll agree it isn't required but the other 2 aren't going to apply
> without it, and it does clean up fs. I'd much rather get this early
> than in the middle somewhere since others are also looking at changing
> this subsystem at the same time.... It can be dropped it others
> agree....

I don't objection this cleanup. but the patch series should be made by
logical group.
I don't like to contain independent cleanup patch ;-)


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