linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 patches for 2.6.37-rc1?

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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:29:34 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	sedat.dilek@...il.com
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4 patches for 2.6.37-rc1?

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:36:46PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if Ted will send ext4 patches within the open
> merge-window for 2.6.37-rc1.

Yes, I am planning on sending patches to Linus.

It's a bit late because I've been crazy busy this past few weeks.

> If you plan to send to Linus, can you give a short overview what
> endusers will expect?

lazy inode table init, improved scalability for buffered writeback (3x
throughput improvement when writing large files in parallel on 48 and
192 threads on a 48-core machine), and a bunch of cleanups and bug
fixes.

> BTW, in which of the GIT trees ([1], [2]) is the ext4 development
> actually happening?
> 
> [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=summary
> [2] http://repo.or.cz/w/ext4-patch-queue.git

Primary development happens in [2], and then it gets mirrored to [1]
periodically.

						- Ted
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