Re: [PATCH v2 001/110] vfs: introduce kino_t typedef and PRIino format macro

Jeff Layton via Linux-f2fs-devel <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:43:15 -0500
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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:
> > 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 <[email protected]>