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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:12:45 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/64] fscache, cachefiles: Rewrite
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 6:22 AM David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The patchset is structured such that the first few patches disable fscache
> use by the network filesystems using it, remove the cachefiles driver
> entirely and as much of the fscache driver as can be got away with without
> causing build failures in the network filesystems.  The patches after that
> recreate fscache and then cachefiles, attempting to add the pieces in a
> logical order.  Finally, the filesystems are reenabled and then the very
> last patch changes the documentation.

Thanks, this all looks conceptually sane to me.

But I only really scanned the commit messages, not the actual new
code. That obviously needs all the usual testing and feedback from the
users of this all..

                    Linus