Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256

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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:52:55 -0700
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <CAHk-=wjOiBc3NiMRQJC6EsVosKOWmXiskqb0up6b5MOxCKSCBQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:47:44PM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Considering that BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR has been 259 since 2008, and this is
> the first time anybody has hit this, I don't think there's much reason
> to change that major number when the whole error case seems to have
> been largely a mistake to begin with.

Yeah.  If Mikulas still has a problem he could just patch
BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR locally.

References:
- [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Mikulas Patocka
- Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Mikulas Patocka
- Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Christoph Hellwig
- Re: [PATCH] stat: don't fail if the major number is >= 256
  - From: Linus Torvalds

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