Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Mon Oct 09 2023 - 10:00:54 EST


> But the merge at this point would be somewhat difficult because you'd need
> to pull Christian's branch into your tree to get bdev_open_by_path() in the
> first place. And that branch already depends on some changes in the btrfs
> tree. So to save ourselves some headaches during the merge window, I think
> not removing the old functions until bcachefs gets merged is the easiest
> solution.

I dropped

commit 8ea3ec0740bdea9105eb416f07eef5d031b9385a
Author: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 27 11:34:35 2023 +0200
Commit: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Sep 28 16:51:49 2023 +0200

block: Remove blkdev_get_by_*() functions

blkdev_get_by_*() and blkdev_put() functions are now unused. Remove
them.

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-29-jack@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

for now. You can find an archive of that branch including that commit
under the tag vfs.super.2023-10-09

Thanks!