Re: [PATCH V12 02/12] famfs: Module operations, fs_context, and mount

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 10:59:45AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 03:34:04PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > > > Without John's trust I'm not taking this on.
> > > 
> > > Whatever path you and John decide on, I would very much like to see the
> > > question of Which famfs driver do we merge? to be resolved for 7.4.
> > 
> > While it is reasonable to place limits on how long a series is pushed
> > out (I like to move with some speed myself.) we have two competing
> > implementations and that will have to play out. We should not merge an
> > fs just to finally merge _something_. The fact that this was more
> > contentious than usual doesn't imply we need to merge a version, doesn't
> > matter which one it is. That's a bad reason.
> 
> It's possible that you misunderstood me -- I'm not asking for one of the
> famfses to be merged for 7.4, I'm asking for you as the vfs maintainer
> to work with John (and Miklos) to choose which implementation survives,
> and which one dies, before 7.4 goes out.

Yes, we were doing that for quite a while though and have tried to setup
meetings. David acting as mediator didn't just magically happen...