linux-ext4 - Re: fiemap cleanups v4

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Date:   Sat, 23 May 2020 16:52:16 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz, tytso@....edu,
        adilger@...ger.ca, riteshh@...ux.ibm.com, amir73il@...il.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fiemap cleanups v4

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 09:30:07AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This series cleans up the fiemap support in ext4 and in general.
> 
> Ted or Al, can one of you pick this up?  It touches both ext4 and core
> code, so either tree could work.
> 
> 
> Changes since v3:
>  - dropped the fixes that have been merged int mainline
> 
> Changes since v2:
>  - commit message typo
>  - doc updates
>  - use d_inode in cifs
>  - add a missing return statement in cifs
>  - remove the filemap_write_and_wait call from ext4_ioctl_get_es_cache
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  - rename fiemap_validate to fiemap_prep
>  - lift FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC handling to common code
>  - add a new linux/fiemap.h header
>  - remove __generic_block_fiemap
>  - remove access_ok calls from fiemap and ext4

Hmmm...  I can do an immutable shared branch, no problem.  What would
you prefer for a branchpoint for that one?