linux-ext4 - Re: simplify ext4_sb_read

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Date:   Sun, 29 May 2022 08:19:45 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "Stephen E. Baker" <baker.stephen.e@...il.com>
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, hch@....de, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: simplify ext4_sb_read_encoding regression

Note: the OP has since replied back to me via private-email, probably
accidentally selecting "reply" instead of "reply-all".  So that other
folks on the list know that they don't need to chase this down:

> I have no backlight in early boot so I can't read console output.
> 
> Since posting this I learned that I was mislead by my git bisect. The commit
> on torvalds tree before this patch was merged
> (79e06c4c4950be2abd8ca5d2428a8c915aa62c24) doesn't boot. What I
> thought was the same issue in this patch was in fact only the result of the
> backlight not turning on (the config option was different for my hardware in
> 5.15 where this patch was based.) I'm still hunting the real issue,
> but it likely
> isn't the filesystem.
> 
> Thank you very much for your effort. I'm very sorry I sent you on a wild goose
> chase.

Cheers,

					- Ted