Re: [PATCH v2 17/18] iomap: pass iomap_next_fn directly instead of struct iomap_ops

On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 06:47:43PM -0700, Joanne Koong wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 04:07:05PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Looks good:
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > In terms of merge logistics, I wonder if we should delay this and
> > > the previous patch to the next merge window so that we can minimize the
> > > cross-subsystem merge pain with more file system iomap conversion.
> > > If none of them actually happen until rc6 or so, orif  the merges aren't
> > > painful we could still pick them up late in the merge window.
> >
> > I'd say everything but this patch should go in during the merge window
> > for 7.3, along with clear instructions to brauner/torvalds to expect
> > this patch to appear right before 7.3-rc1 gets tagged, to clean up all
> > the other changes that come in.
> 
> Just to clarify, did you mean this patch and the previous one? If i'm

Er, yes, patches 16-18 in this series.

> interpreting Christoph's concern correctly, I think he's worried about
> other filesystems converting to iomap using the ->iomap_begin() /
> ->iomap_end() functions still? That sounds like a good plan to me, for
> v3 I'll submit everything but this patch and the last one and then
> submit these patches (and any cleanup ones that become necessary) to
> Christian right before 7.3-rc1 gets tagged (which as I understand it,
> is when the merge window is about to close).

Yes.  And be sure to ask both of them beforehand so there aren't any
youknowwho-style surprises/outrages.

--D

> Thanks,
> Joanne
>