Re: [PATCH] smb: smbdirect: move fs/smb/common/smbdirect/ to fs/smb/smbdirect/

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 10:16:41AM +0200, Stefan Metzmacher wrote:
> > Why is this not in net/smbdirect/ or driver/infiniband/ulp/smdirect?
> 
> Yes, I also thought about net/smbdirect.
> 
> As IPPROTO_SMBDIRECT or PF_SMBDIRECT will be the next step,
> see the open discussion here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cifs/cover.1775571957.git.metze-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org/
> (I'll follow with that discussion soon)

Seems like it is the right fit then.

> I was just unsure about the consequences, e.g. would
> the maintainer/pull request flow have to change in that case?
> Or would Steve be able to take the changes via his trees?
> Any I also didn't want to offend anybody, so I just took
> what Linus proposed.

You might want to ask the sunrpc or ceph maintainers as they have a
similar split.