Re: [GIT PULL] Btrfs fixes for 7.2-rc6

From: Linus Torvalds

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 12:13:53 EST


On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 at 02:25, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A heads up for one more fix, for a problem that resurfaced last week. In
> short we have to bring back the "fixup worker", detect and handle pages
> set dirty without filesystem notification. There's a reliable reproducer
> for at least one such case. The fix heavily builds on the removed code
> so we have a solid base, the new changes are wrt folios and subpage mode.

Ok, not optimal timing, but I guess if it's mostly resurrecting old
tested code it's all good.

Linus