Hi Matthew,
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:58:29 +0000 Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 03:29:33PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the mm-stable tree got a conflict in:
> >
> > fs/cifs/file.c
> >
> > between commit:
> >
> > c8859bc0c129 ("cifs: Remove unused code")
> >
> > from the cifs tree and commits:
> >
> > 4cda80f3a7a5 ("cifs: convert wdata_alloc_and_fillpages() to use filemap_get_folios_tag()")
> > d585bdbeb79a ("fs: convert writepage_t callback to pass a folio")
> >
> > from the mm-stable tree.
> >
> > This is a real mess :-(
>
> Doesn't look too bad to me. Dave's commit is just removing the
> functions, so it doesn't matter how they're being changed.
The problem I see is that an earlier commit in the cifs tree moves the
use of find_get_pages_range_tag() to another function and 4cda80f3a7a5
then removes find_get_pages_range_tag().
> The real question in my mind is why for-next is being updated two days
> before the merge window with new patches. What's the point in -next
> if patches are being added at this late point?
Indeed :-(
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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