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Bcachefs Changes End Up Being Merged Into Linux 6.16, For 6.17: "We'll Be Parting Ways"


Last week was a Bcachefs pull request consisting of fixes and a new 'journal_rewind' feature to aide as a disaster recovery tool for the file-system

Last week was a Bcachefs pull request consisting of fixes and a new "journal_rewind" feature to aide as a disaster recovery tool for the file-system. But with that code being submitted as part of the ongoing Linux 6.16 release candidates, it drew criticism from Linus Torvalds and other kernel developers. The discussion died down nearly a week ago but Torvalds apparently had second thoughts about allowing this Bcachefs feature code to still land for the ongoing Linux 6.16 cycle.

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