Re: [PATCH 5.10 033/238] md: implement ->set_read_only to hook into BLKROSET processing

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 07:26:43AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 02:04:35AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> How did we end up backporting all these block layer API changes?
>
> They were brought in as a dependency for 9674f54e41ff ("md: Don't clear
> MD_CLOSING when the raid is about to stop").
>
> It's possible to work around bringing them during backport, but I
> preferred to bring the dependencies instead.

I really don't see what these giant backports bring us.  If people
want all the changes they'd just be better off on a modern kernel
rather than these frankenkernels.  The automatic backporting is
gettind way out of hand.  If the MD maintainers want
9674f54e41ff, maybe they can send a tailor made backport?