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, 18 Mar 2024 10:18:36 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, 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 10:05:40PM +0100, David Sterba wrote:
>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.

Dropped, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha