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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 16:10:59 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch "hostfs: convert hostfs to use the new mount API" has been
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On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 09:22:34AM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2025/2/6 11:54, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 09:09:17AM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> > > Well, by the way, is the patch added because there are use cases for the new
> > > mount API in hostfs?
> > 
> > I am sorry, I don't understand the question.
> > 
> 
> Sorry for my poor expression, I just wonder why this patch should be
> backported to the 6.6-stable tree. :)

Ah.  It was a dependency for a patch later in the series, and was
documented as such with the "Stable-dep-of:" line in the commit.

thanks,

greg k-h