Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs changes for 6.17

From: Keith Busch
Date: Tue Aug 12 2025 - 16:54:37 EST


On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 04:45:48PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 02:38:26PM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 04:31:53PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > > If you're interested, is it time to do some spec quoting and language
> > > lawyering?
> >
> > If you want to start or restart a thread on the block list specificaly
> > for that topic, then sure, happy to spec talk with you. But I don't want
> > to chat on this one. I just wanted to know what you were talking about
> > because the description seemed underhanded.
>
> Not underhanded, just straightforward - I've seen the test data, and the
> spec seemed pretty clear to me...

"the block layer developer who went on a four email rant where he,
charitably, misread the spec or the patchset or both"

Please revisit the thread and let me know me if you still stand by that
description. I've no idea if you're talking about me or one of the other
block developers on it, but I frankly don't see anything resembling what
you're describing.