Re: [PATCH] block: Unexport blkdev_get_zone_info()

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 11/5/25 12:51 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 12:50:30PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 11/5/25 12:47 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 11:35:53AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>>> Unexport blkdev_get_zone_info() because it has no callers outside the
>>>> block layer.
>>>
>>> The commit log for that clearly states we're going to add them,
>>> but it'll wait a merge window to avoid cross-tree dependencies.
>>>
>>> I actually have the xfs changes ready right now, I can push them out
>>> if you care about the glory details.
>>
>> That's fair, I'll just drop it then if there are planned additions.
>> Would've been better to add without the export, but then that'd be
>> a bit of a mess if multiple folks are going to start to use it and then
>> all need the export patch.
> 
> I had that some discussion with Damien.  If you want to merge the patch
> that's fine, let's just hope we don't have more than one file system
> wanting to use it next merge window (I think it would make sense for btrfs
> too)

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.

-- 
Jens Axboe