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

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Message-ID: <lmp73ynmvpl55lnfym3ry76ftegc6bu35akltfdwtwtjyyy46z@d3oygrswoiki>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:09:38 -0400
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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, Apr 25, 2025 at 08:04:08PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 at 20:00, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev> wrote:
> >
> > No, what I wrote is exactly how CI lookups work with the dcache. Go have
> > a look.
> 
> Kent, I literally wrote most of that code,

The subject is CI lookups, and I'll eat my shoe if you wrote that.

> and you are claiming that the CI case is trying to be the fast case.

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

I'm saying the CI case is a combination of overoptimized and poorly
designed. I'm not saying the CI case is trying to be the fast path
relative to case-sensitive lookups, that would be insane.