covers: note the 2026-09-16 lane rebases and the balance-resume topic

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8

diff --git a/covers/README.md b/covers/README.md
index 45916f2811ada9a77184764bd4aee6399b15ee7b..77a4b1733adb3a41e43240d479ed32c6861fb9ca 100644 (file)
--- a/covers/README.md
+++ b/covers/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This directory lives on the misc-next lane (`zygo-misc-next-zb64`), the
 submission lane, and describes the topics as they are on
 `misc-next/topics/*`.  The 6.18 lane carries the same topics as backports
 plus two 6.18-only patches (below); the linus/master lane is a formality
-and may drift.  Reverified against the lane state on 2026-09-15; round-1 review results added 2026-09-16.
+and may drift.  Reverified against the lane state on 2026-09-16 (both lanes rebased: 6.18 -> v6.18.52, misc-next -> kdave 7c6b5acf; new topic balance-resume added to both); round-1 review results included.
 
 | file | series | topic branch | state |
 |------|--------|--------------|-------|
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and may drift.  Reverified against the lane state on 2026-09-15; round-1 review
 | `NOTE-statfs-unusable-divergence.md` | review flag for stripe-alloc patch 7 | -- | open question for maintainers |
 | `DESIGN-3a-full-stripe-batching.md` | design note, now implemented (patches 10, 16-17, 21-23, 30-35) | -- | historical, status header added |
 | `DESIGN-3b-log-relocation.md` | design note, now implemented (patches 13-15) | -- | historical, status header added |
+| `balance-resume` (no cover letter) | `btrfs: track balance progress with virtual address range` (Zygo, 6bfe2929) -- persisted vrange cursor replacing the usage=90 resume heuristic; on both lanes as `topics/balance-resume` | new topic | ready; self-contained message |
 | `forensics/balance-zerofill-2026-08-07/` | forensic record of the liveness-map bug (patch 9) and its scanners | -- | historical |
 
 Not covered here but also upstream candidates: `lib/raid6: fix the x1