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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Unexport blkdev_get_zone_info()
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 12:56:49PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Let's just defer if there are planned users for 6.19. Once we're in
> the middle of that release and if no users have been added, then we
> can kill it.

Yes, if the users don't materialize in the next merge window this should
absolutely go away.