Re: (subset) [PATCH 21/32] hlist-bl: add hlist_bl_fake()

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue May 23 2023 - 05:27:50 EST


On Tue, 09 May 2023 12:56:46 -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> in preparation for switching the VFS inode cache over the hlist_bl
> lists, we nee dto be able to fake a list node that looks like it is
> hased for correct operation of filesystems that don't directly use
> the VFS indoe cache.
>
>

This is interesting completely independent of bcachefs so we should give
it some testing.

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Applied to the vfs.unstable.inode-hash branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.unstable.inode-hash branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.unstable.inode-hash

[21/32] hlist-bl: add hlist_bl_fake()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/0ef99590b01f