Re: [PATCH v2 001/110] vfs: introduce kino_t typedef and PRIino format macro
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-03-03 13:43:31
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On Tue, 2026-03-03 at 05:37 -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 05:53:39AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:quoted
Like I said to Ted, this is just temporary scaffolding for the change. The PRIino macro is removed in the end. Given that, perhaps you can overlook the bikeshed's color in this instance?So why add it in the first place?
Bisectability. The first version I did of this would have broken the ability to bisect properly across these changes. I don't love the "churn" here either, but this should be cleanly bisectable. -- Jeff Layton [off-list ref]