Re: [GIT PULL] vboxsf fixes for 5.14-1

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jul 14 2021 - 12:19:28 EST


On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:13:52AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Porting to fs/iomap can be done after merge, so long as the ntfs3
> driver doesn't depend on crazy reworking of buffer heads or whatever.
> AFAICT it didn't, so ... yes, my earlier statements still apply: "later
> as a clean up".

I on the other hand hate piling up mor of this legacy stuff, as it tends
to not be cleaned up by the submitted. Example: erofs still hasn't
switched to iomap despite broad claims, also we still have a huge
backlog in the switch to the new mount API.