Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the vfs-brauner tree

From: Mark Brown

Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 10:25:24 EST


On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 03:54:28PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 01:44:28PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > I don't have a huge degree of confidence in this merge as the block
> > change was quite large and the code is entirely unfamiliar to me.

> I'm familiar with the code and looking at this I have a hard time
> understanding the merge. I think we need to get both of these changes
> into the same branch somehow to properly audit and test it.

Thanks for taking a look, like I said above I did fear that was the
case unfortunately. Your suggestion sounds like the safest way forward
to me, let me know if there's an updated change I should carry.

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