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Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2023 08:59:51 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] bio iter improvements
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 11:47:02AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Yeah, you're not trying to advance the discussion here, you're just
> restating your original position. I heard you, and I responded.

Hi Kent,

it might sound unusual to you, but yes, sometimes people ask questions
to advance "the discussion" or to try to find out what someone else is
actuall trying to do because it wasn't obvious.  It then greatly
helps if you treat it as just a question and not a personal attack.