linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 08:18:45 -0600
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Wheeler <bcache@...ts.ewheeler.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

On 05/23/2016 05:05 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>
>>>> bch_writeback_thread() is calling try_to_freeze(), but that's just an
>>>> expensive no-op given the fact that the thread is not marked freezable.
>>>>
>>>> I/O helper kthreads, exactly such as the bcache writeback thread, actually
>>>> shouldn't be freezable, because they are potentially necessary for
>>>> finalizing the image write-out.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>>>
>>> Let's send a friendly ping on these three patches after two weeks...
>>
>> After a month, I think, it's time for another ping.
>
> [ adding Jens to CC ]
>
> Ok, I call it officially ridiculous now. I guess I'll be resending through
> akpm.

You can just send it to me, I've funneled bcache stable fixes before.

> Is it a time to claim (by MAINTAINERS entry) the in-tree bcache orphaned?

I think so.

-- 
Jens Axboe