Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the vfs tree

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue May 29 2018 - 10:23:07 EST


On 5/29/18 2:12 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Meh. Do we really need these switch to octal patches to start
> with? I mean, I personally prefer octal, but just switching around
> in random code that isn't otherwise changed creates nothing but churn.

This is exactly why I hesitated doing it, I knew it would end up
with conflicts. The main reason was to get rid of the inconsistency,
since we had a fair mix of octal and symbolic names.

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Jens Axboe