Mike,
This series addresses interface defects, and must go into 5.2. It's
fully reviewed. Pull request in time for soft freeze would be ideal.
If you can't make it, feel free to ask me. I'll continue to push for
the series even if it misses the soft freeze.
To be frank, I'm disappointed the code passed review in this state.
There are excuses for each of the issues addressed in this series
(PATCH 1 naming is hard, PATCH 2 recognizing non-local relations is
hard, PATCH 3 mistakes on error paths are easy to miss, PATCH 4 can't
expect all reviewers to kno