linux-ext4 - Re: fiemap cleanups v4

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Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 08:52:34 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz, adilger@...ger.ca,
        riteshh@...ux.ibm.com, amir73il@...il.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fiemap cleanups v4

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 03:17:13PM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> > Hmmm...  I can do an immutable shared branch, no problem.  What would
> > you prefer for a branchpoint for that one?
> 
> I thought we had already agreed to run these patches through the ext4
> git tree, since most of the changes affect the ext4 tree (and there
> aren't any other iomap fiemap changes pending as far as I know).
> 
> The v3 versions of these patches have been part of the ext4 dev tree
> since May 19th.  Since the ext4 dev tree is rewinding, I can easily
> update it fiemap-fixes patch to be on top of the first two patches
> which Linus has already accepted, and then merge it into the ext4 dev
> branch.

I think we're all fine and set, unless Al really needs a shared
branch.  Based on what is in linux-next and out on the lists I don't
see any real need, though.