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SubjectRe: cleanup the walk_page_range interface
Hi Christoph,

On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:43:01 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 04:41:24PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > I certainly prefer that method of API change :-)
> > (see the current "keys: Replace uid/gid/perm permissions checking with
> > an ACL" in linux-next and the (currently) three merge fixup patches I
> > am carrying. Its not bad when people provide the fixes, but I am no
> > expert in most areas of the kernel ...)
>
> It would mean pretty much duplicating all the code. And then never
> finish the migration because new users of the old interfaces keep
> popping up. Compared to that I'd much much prefer either Linus
> taking it now or a branch.

Sure, I have no problem with either of these two choices, or, at least,
hints/resolutions when conflicts are expected. My time (each day) is
already getting pretty short since we are almost up to -rc5 ...

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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