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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15.y v3 v3] fs/ntfs3: Change new sparse cluster
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On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 12:22:13PM -0700, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> From: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
> 
> commit c380b52f6c5702cc4bdda5e6d456d6c19a201a0b upstream.
> 
> Remove ntfs_sparse_cluster.

This is very different from upstream, and there's no description here of
what changed and why is this needed.

thanks,

greg k-h