Re: [PATCH 12/16] ntfs3: remove copy and pasted iomap code
Konstantin Komarov <[email protected]>
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On 3/3/26 16:21, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 02:46:08PM +0100, Konstantin Komarov wrote: >> Thanks for the note. The iomap helper was copied because >> `iomap_bio_read_folio_range` is defined `static` in iomap/bio.c and thus >> not available for reuse; that prevented using the exported helpers in this >> tree. > Please talk to maintainers and authors before copy and pasting their > code. There's usually a better way. > Understood. In future I will contact the authors and maintainers before copying code. Regards, Konstantin