linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: remove unnecessary code of chunk_root assignment in btrfs_read_chunk

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 11:58:58 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Cc:     Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@...fujitsu.com>,
        Zhao Lei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>,
        'Sean Fu' <fxinrong@...il.com>, clm@...com,
        anand.jain@...cle.com, Filipe Manana <FdManana@...e.com>,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: remove unnecessary code of chunk_root assignment
 in btrfs_read_chunk_tree.

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 11:13:40PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> >> Since root is only used to get fs_info->chunk_root, why not use fs_info
> >> directly?
> > 
> > Weird.  Exactly this was a part of my fs_info patchset.  I guess I need
> > to go back and check what else is missing.
> 
> Actually, most of this didn't land.  Pretty much anything that's a root
> ->fs_info conversion is in there.

Only half of the patchset has been merged so far because it did not pass
testing, so I bisected to some point. I was about to let you know once
most of 4.9 patches are prepared so there are less merge conflicts.