linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the mm tree

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:07:36 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the mm tree

On 6/16/23 3:56?AM, David Howells wrote:
> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> That's getting a bit nasty.  Maybe David's patches are in the wrong
>> tree.
> 
> You'd need to discuss that one with Jens.  The patches you'd have to
> transfer also touch a number of block-related files.  Looking at
> block/for-next, there don't seem to be many other patches touching
> those files, but I've seen patches from Christoph that will need to be
> applied on top of mine.

It's definitely a bit of a mess now, but for-6.5/block also depends on
these changes and make further tweaks on the block front.

for-6.5/splice is stable, so just pull that in?

-- 
Jens Axboe