linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] writeback fixes and trace events

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 09:12:54 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] writeback fixes and trace events


On May 4, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:

> Does anyone actaully testing filesystems use the -mm tree? I'm
> pretty sure that no-one in the XFS world does, and I don't think
> that any ext4 or btrfs folk do, either....

I don't.   I agree that it really would be great if there was a separate git tree for the writeback changes, since that way it becomes possible to test just the writeback changes, and not worry about other potential stability problems introduced by changes in the -mm tree....

-- Ted

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