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

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:23:46 -0800
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On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 10:14:27AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> I think we'll be looking at close to a 1000 line patch that touches
> nearly 200 files if go that route. Roughly:
> 
>  182 files changed, 910 insertions(+), 912 deletions(-)

That's not actually a lot, especially for a patch that should be
scriped and mechnanical.

I also really don't understand the backport argument.  It's not like
you could backport any of the split out patches individually anyway.