linux-kernel - Re: Linux 6.2-rc1

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 12:25:17 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.2-rc1

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:43:16PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > The removal seems to revert cleanly, although it does require
> > reverting a few subsequent commits too (that removed code that only
> > pktcdvd used):
> > 
> >     git revert db1c7d779767 85d6ce58e493 f40eb99897af
> > 
> > where we have
> > 
> >     db1c7d779767 block: bio_copy_data_iter
> >     85d6ce58e493 block: remove devnode callback from struct
> > block_device_operations
> >     f40eb99897af pktcdvd: remove driver.
> 
> I'll queue this up - and unless I hear valid complaints to why we should
> not just reinstate the driver for now, it'll go out with the next pull
> request.

If you do revert these, watch out for a build warning from the driver
core when you revert this, I think there's a 'const' missing from
somewhere that you might have to add back in due to other driver core
changes.

thanks,

greg k-h