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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] fuse: rename some files and clean up Makefile
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:27:17PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> On 11/29/2021 06:19 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 06:13:22PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> > > No need to generate virtio_fs.o first and then link to virtiofs.o, just
> > > rename virtio_fs.c to virtiofs.c and remove "virtiofs-y := virtio_fs.o"
> > > in Makefile, also update MAINTAINERS. Additionally, rename the private
> > > header file fuse_i.h to fuse.h, like ext4.h in fs/ext4, xfs.h in fs/xfs
> > > and f2fs.h in fs/f2fs.
> >
> > There are two separate changes in this patch (virtio_fs.c -> virtiofs.c
> > and fuse_i.h -> fuse.h). A patch series with two patches would be easier
> > to review and cleaner to backport.
> >
> > I'm happy with renaming virtio_fs.c to virtiofs.c:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> >
>
> Hi Stefan and Miklos,
>
> Thanks for your reply, what should I do now?
>
> (1) split this patch into two separate patches to send v3;
> (2) just ignore this patch because
> "This will make backport of bugfixes harder for no good reason."
> said by Miklos.

I agree with Miklos that there does not seem to be a very strong reason
to rename. It probably falls in the category of nice to have cleanup. But
it will also make backports harder. So I also like the idea of not making
this change.

Vivek

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