linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 1/7] btrfs: add and use helper to check if block group is used

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:05:40 +0100
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, Boris Burkov <boris@....io>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, clm@...com,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 1/7] btrfs: add and use helper to check if
 block group is used

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:00:43PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 1693d5442c458ae8d5b0d58463b873cd879569ed ]
> > 
> > Add a helper function to determine if a block group is being used and make
> > use of it at btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(). This helper will also be used in
> > future code changes.
> 
> Does not fix a bug and does not seem to be preparation for anything,
> so probably should not be here.

Agreed, this patch does not belong to stable and I objected in
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229155207.GA2604@suse.cz/

for version 6.7 and all other stable versions.