linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v6 00/16] Exposing case folding behavior

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Message-Id: <a1692040-58d0-412d-b0fc-c7b7a62585c4@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:04:28 -0500
From: "Chuck Lever" <cel@...nel.org>
To: "Christian Brauner" <brauner@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/16] Exposing case folding behavior



On Sat, Jan 24, 2026, at 7:52 AM, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 10:39:55AM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026, at 7:12 AM, Christian Brauner wrote:
>> >> Series based on v6.19-rc5.
>> >
>> > We're starting to cut it close even with the announced -rc8.
>> > So my current preference would be to wait for the 7.1 merge window.
>> 
>> Hi Christian -
>> 
>> Do you have a preference about continuing to post this series
>> during the merge window? I ask because netdev generally likes
>> a quiet period during the merge window.
>
> It's usually most helpful if people resend after -rc1 is out because
> then I can just pull it without having to worry about merge conflicts.
> But fwiw, I have you series in vfs-7.1.casefolding already. Let me push
> it out so you can see it.

There will be at least one more revision of this series (and it can
happen in a few weeks) to split 1/16 as Darrick requested, and
address the nit that Jan noted.


-- 
Chuck Lever