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As a result, linux-5.6, or my backport of the patches to 5.4, should be the first release that can serve as a base for a 32-bit system designed to run beyond year 2038, with a few remaining caveats.
Arnd Bergmann

IOWs, if you are starting from the premise that "I don't know this code well enough to perform a useful review" then you are setting yourself up for failure right at the start. Read the series description, think about the change being made, use your experience to answer the question "what's a mistake I could make performing this change". Then go looking for that mistake through the patch(es). In the process of performing this review, more than likely, you'll notice bugs other than what you are actually looking for...

This does not require any deep subsystem specific knowledge, but in doing this sort of review you're going to notice things and learn about the code and slowly build your knowledge and experience about that subsystem.

Dave Chinner

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