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

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Message-Id: <20250613183126.9bd25d84b912f18c249bb010@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:31:26 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
Cc: Robert Pang <robertpang@...gle.com>, corbet@....net, colyli@...nel.org,
 kent.overstreet@...ux.dev, 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 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:19:51 +0800 Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com> wrote:

> Sure, I'll prepare a revert patch to address the issue and plan to
> submit it for backporting to -stable.
> 
> However, I'd like to confirm whether the following patch series
> structure would be appropriate:
> 
> - Patch 1: Revert 866898efbb25 and CC it to stable
> - Patch 2–8: Introduce the new equality-aware heap API
> - Patch 9: Revert Patch 1 and switch bcache to use the new API
> 
> In this case, we would only backport Patch 1 to stable.
> 
> Alternatively, would you prefer we simply revert 866898efbb25 without
> introducing and using the new API in the same series?

Yes, just the revert for now, please.  Let's not make that dependent on
new development.