linux-kernel - Re: Writeback threads and freezable

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Date:	Sat, 14 Dec 2013 09:30:11 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, tomaz.solc@...lix.org,
	aaron.lu@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Writeback threads and freezable

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:53:43PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > Ideas?
> 
> Fix the device delete error handling not to re-enter the
> filesystem and IO path. It's just wrong.

That sounds totally reasonable to me, what is preventing someone from
making this change?

thanks,

greg k-h
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