On Thu, 11 Jul 2024, Mike Snitzer wrote: > > Looks like the dm tree is re-applying patches yesterday rather > > than pulling in the dependency? > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git/commit/?h=dm-6.11&id=e87621ac68fec9086d9f0af4fe96594dd8e07fbb > > > > why? > > Really good question. > > Mikulas has been handling DM for the 6.11 development cycle. But I've > helped answer question and such along the way. We actually had a > meeting on Tuesday to discuss outstanding patches (in patchwork) and > specifically discussed this very patch. At the time I said I would > get with you to make sure you were the one to pick up Damien's 5 > patches (which included what is now commit e87621ac68fe in block). I > specifically said that the entire series should go through block > because even if DM picked up the one "dm: Refactor is_abnormal_io()" > it'd cause problems because block would then depend on DM for a simple > prep commit needed for later a patch in series. I probably badly understood it, I added the patch to my notes and then I thought that I should apply it. Sorry for that. Mikulas > Anyway, I later saw you had already picked up Damien's series and had > no need to reach out to you, I noted as much to a group chat at Red > Hat (Mikulas included). So not really sure what happened. > > Sorry for the noise/trouble. > > Mike >
