linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Fix bcache regression with equality-aware heap APIs

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Message-Id: <20250611185424.79f3cf82da78c2b271629657@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:54:24 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>, corbet@....net, colyli@...nel.org,
 kent.overstreet@...ux.dev, robertpang@...gle.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, jserv@...s.ncku.edu.tw,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Fix bcache regression with equality-aware heap APIs

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:48:17 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Unfortunately the changelog provides no indication of the magnitude of
> the userspace impact.   Please tell us this, in detail.

OK I found details in the 8th patch's Closes: link.  That was tricky ;)

It's impressively detailed but I'm still struggling to understand how
much pain this regression causes users in real life.  So some sort of
reader-friendly executive summary would be great, please.