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    Merge tag 'for-5.12-rc6-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux · 7d900724
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull btrfs fix from David Sterba:
     "One more patch that we'd like to get to 5.12 before release.
    
      It's changing where and how the superblock is stored in the zoned
      mode. It is an on-disk format change but so far there are no
      implications for users as the proper mkfs support hasn't been merged
      and is waiting for the kernel side to settle.
    
      Until now, the superblocks were derived from the zone index, but zone
      size can differ per device. This is changed to be based on fixed
      offset values, to make it independent of the device zone size.
    
      The work on that got a bit delayed, we discussed the exact locations
      to support potential device sizes and usecases. (Partially delayed
      also due to my vacation.) Having that in the same release where the
      zoned mode is declared usable is highly desired, there are userspace
      projects that need to be updated to recognize the feature. Pushing
      that to the next release would make things harder to test"
    
    * tag 'for-5.12-rc6-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux:
      btrfs: zoned: move superblock logging zone location
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