Re: Linux 6.2-rc1

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 10:27:03 EST


On 1/5/23 4:25 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:43:16PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> The removal seems to revert cleanly, although it does require
>>> reverting a few subsequent commits too (that removed code that only
>>> pktcdvd used):
>>>
>>> git revert db1c7d779767 85d6ce58e493 f40eb99897af
>>>
>>> where we have
>>>
>>> db1c7d779767 block: bio_copy_data_iter
>>> 85d6ce58e493 block: remove devnode callback from struct
>>> block_device_operations
>>> f40eb99897af pktcdvd: remove driver.
>>
>> I'll queue this up - and unless I hear valid complaints to why we should
>> not just reinstate the driver for now, it'll go out with the next pull
>> request.
>
> If you do revert these, watch out for a build warning from the driver
> core when you revert this, I think there's a 'const' missing from
> somewhere that you might have to add back in due to other driver core
> changes.

The revert compiles cleanly, even merged with current master.

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Jens Axboe