linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 16:00:41 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
        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>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree

> But the merge at this point would be somewhat difficult because you'd need
> to pull Christian's branch into your tree to get bdev_open_by_path() in the
> first place. And that branch already depends on some changes in the btrfs
> tree. So to save ourselves some headaches during the merge window, I think
> not removing the old functions until bcachefs gets merged is the easiest
> solution.

I dropped

commit 8ea3ec0740bdea9105eb416f07eef5d031b9385a
Author:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 27 11:34:35 2023 +0200
Commit:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu Sep 28 16:51:49 2023 +0200

    block: Remove blkdev_get_by_*() functions

    blkdev_get_by_*() and blkdev_put() functions are now unused. Remove
    them.

    Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
    Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
    Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-29-jack@suse.cz
    Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>

for now. You can find an archive of that branch including that commit
under the tag vfs.super.2023-10-09

Thanks!