linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:25:54 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, djwong@...nel.org,
        dchinner@...hat.com, sandeen@...hat.com, willy@...radead.org,
        josef@...icpanda.com, tytso@....edu, bfoster@...hat.com,
        jack@...e.cz, andreas.gruenbacher@...il.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dhowells@...hat.com, snitzer@...nel.org,
        axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 08:58:01AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> I don't see the justification for the delay - every cycle there's some
> amount of vfs/block layer refactoring that affects filesystems, the
> super work is no different.

So, the reason is that we're very close to having the super code
massaged in a shape where bcachefs should be able to directly make use
of the helpers instead of having to pull in custom code at all. But not
all that work has made it.