linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] btrfs: add fscrypt support, PART 1

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Message-ID: <20251119111633.GD13846@suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:16:33 +0100
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Daniel Vacek <neelx@...e.com>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] btrfs: add fscrypt support, PART 1

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 01:06:36AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 09:59:41AM +0100, David Sterba wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 12:23:35AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Patches 1 to 3 just add dead code without the actual fscrypt support,
> > > which you've not even posted anywhere never mind having queued it up.
> > > Please don't add this kind of code without the user in the same series.
> > 
> > The fscrypt series is about 50 patches, last v5 iteration is at [1] and
> > I suggested to pick any independent patches we could ahead of time.
> 
> Getting any independent work in first is always a good idea.  Patches 4-6
> fit that, but patches 1-3 are everything but.

We already have fscrypt preparations code that is not yet used, this is
not different.