linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.15-rc4

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wh09TvgFu3WKaeLu8jAxCmwZa24N7spAXi=jrVGW7X9ZA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:47:09 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc: linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.15-rc4

On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 at 18:38, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 09:35:27AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > The thing is, you absolutely cannot make the case-insensitive lookup
> > be the fast case.
>
> That's precisely what the dcache code does, and is the source of the
> problems.

I think you're confused, and don't know what you are talking about.
You'd better go learn how the dcache actually works.

            Linus