linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vfs: fix many problems in vfs clone/dedupe implementation

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Message-ID: <20181102233651.GH19305@dastard>
Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 10:36:51 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     djwong@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vfs: fix many problems in vfs clone/dedupe
 implementation

On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 09:35:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:15 PM Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you please pull update containing a rework of the VFS clone and
> > dedupe file range infrastructure from the tag listed below?
> 
> I don't love the timing of this at the end of the merge window, but pulled,

When would have been a better time? It's too big for a late -rc, and
it contains stuff that needs fixing pretty urgently. So if the merge
window is not appropriate, what should we have done here?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com