linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 24/26] netfs: Remove the old writeback code

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Message-ID: <98241.1713350175@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:36:15 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
    Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
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    Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>,
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    Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/26] netfs: Remove the old writeback code

Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:

> #23 and #24 should probably be merged. I don't see any reason to do the
> two-step of ifdef'ing out the code and then removing it. Just go for it
> at this point in the series.

I would prefer to keep the ~500 line patch that's rearranging the plumbing
separate from the ~1200 line patch that just deletes a load of lines to make
the cutover patch easier to review.  I guess that comes down to a matter of
preference.

David