linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: move lower_48

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Message-ID: <20220327191648.GA25077@keith-busch>
Date:   Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:16:49 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: move lower_48_bits() to block

On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 10:53:42AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM <kbusch@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > The function is not generally applicable enough to be included in the core
> > kernel header. Move it to block since it's the only subsystem using it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Btw - replying on the list too, because at least last time you were on
> the participants list, I got bounces about "mailbox too large".
> 
> WTH? Are you living in some hut in the wilderness in the good old
> nineties using AOL for email?

Hah, my kernel.org had an entry pointing to a recently defunct
forwarding address. I think that was the problem, and should be fixed
now.