[PATCH 2/2 v2] xfs: log all dirty inodes in xfs_fs_sync_fs

Ben Myers bpm at sgi.com
Thu Dec 29 09:42:07 CST 2011


Hi Dave,

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:13:02PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 03:47:03PM -0600, Ben Myers wrote:
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Ben Myers <bpm at sgi.com>
> > 
> > Mark also reviewed this.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely at sgi.com>
> 
> Just a process note here: if Mark reviewed the code and is happy
> with it, then he needs to send his reviewed-by tag himself. If he's
> got concerns, then he needs to discuss them on the list with the
> patch author, not just in private with you. If a person's questions
> are not posted to the mailing list or posted by proxy and they
> didn't aprticipate in discussions on the list, then there is no
> evidence that the person ever reviewed the patch. Hence the tag has
> no value because it is not verifiable.

I tend to agree that it is important to discuss things openly on the
list.  Will make an effort to do more of this.

> More importantly, tags are a semi-formal statement that a set of
> actions has been taken by that person - see
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches for the actions different tags
> imply. Hence it is important the actions they imply are verifiable,
> and it also reinforces the fact that they only have value when they
> are issued by the email address (or a known alias) in the tag....

I don't see anything in SubmittingPatches that says the address on the


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