Re: [GIT PULL] Btrfs fixes for 7.2-rc6

Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:38:25 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-btrfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAHk-=wioZpQZHObXOKW27Fvrxgc2H7t0TR6p5Hx1atsOjC3gsw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 at 02:25, David Sterba <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A heads up for one more fix, for a problem that resurfaced last week. In
> short we have to bring back the "fixup worker", detect and handle pages
> set dirty without filesystem notification. There's a reliable reproducer
> for at least one such case. The fix heavily builds on the removed code
> so we have a solid base, the new changes are wrt folios and subpage mode.

Ok, not optimal timing, but I guess if it's mostly resurrecting old
tested code it's all good.

          Linus