linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] block-bio_iov_iter

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Message-ID: <6strysb6whhovk4rlaujravntyt2umocsjfsaxtl4jnuvjjbsp@sqf6ncn3yrlm>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:31:59 -0400
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] block-bio_iov_iter_export

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 11:13:46PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Umm,
> 
> besides adding exports without in-tree users, this is a patch that's
> never seen any relevant mailing list, in a pull request that the
> maintainer hasn't seen.  That's now exactly how Linux development works,
> does it?

Christoph, I wrote that code /for bcachefs/; the rest of you decided it
was nice and started using it too.

Then you removed the export talking about the "abuse" of bcachefs using
it. WTF?