Theodore Tso wrote:

I don't think we have a problem here.  What we have now is fine, and

It's fine for ext4, but not the wider world.  This is a common problem 
created by parallel development when code dependencies exist.

In any case, the plan is to push all of the core bits into Linus tree
for 2.6.22 once it opens up, which should be Real Soon Now, it looks
like.

Presumably you mean 2.6.23.

	Jeff