linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vfs fixes

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjQC9pt4s3K0Be57ay2kSyDbUjiF2Jq4V1BPYi1z3Qx0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:14:14 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vfs fixes

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 at 07:41, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> I was sent a bug fix for the backing file rework that relied on the
> overlayfs pull request. The vfs.fixes branch used an earlier mainline
> commit as base. So I thought how to resolve this and my solution was to
> create a new ovl.fixes branch which contained the overlayfs changes for
> v6.13 and then apply the fix on top of it. That branch was then merged
> into vfs.fixes with an explanation why. Let me know if I should do this
> differently next time.

Thanks, this looks good - exactly like I think it should have been done.

Pulled,
             Linus