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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:18:07 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vboxsf fixes for 5.14-1
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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.