linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] bcache changes for 3.17

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Message-ID: <5409CC3D.7040009@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:44:13 +0200
From:	Francis Moreau <francis.moro@...il.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
CC:	Peter Kieser <peter@...ser.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bcache changes for 3.17

On 09/05/2014 04:17 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> We need to do something about this. From this latest pull, looks like
> all should go to stable:
> 
> 5b1016e62f74c53e0330403025954c8d95384c03
> 9aa61a992acceeec0d1de2cd99938421498659d5
> dbd810ab678d262d3772d29b65844d7b20dc47bc
> 8b326d3a2a76912dfed2f0ab937d59fae9512ca2
> e5112201c1285841f8b565ece5d6ae7e0d7947a2
> a664d0f05a2ec02c8f042db536d84d15d6e19e81
> c5aa4a3157b55bdca18dd2a9d9f43314470b6d32
> 9e5c353510b26500bd6b8309823ac9ef2837b761
> bcf090e0040e30f8409e6a535a01e6473afb096f
> 501d52a90cbe652b41336c206ff0e95799d5a9b5
> 8e0948080670f6330229718b15a6a1a011d441ce
> 60ae81eee86dd7a520db8c1e3d702b49fc0418b5
> 913dc33fb2720fb5f979011664294137ddd8b13b
> 6b708de64adb6dc8319e7aeac922b46904fbeeec
> 400ffaa2acd72274e2c7293a9724382383bebf3e
> d83353b319d47ef8cce82467da6a25c2d558253f
> bf0c55c986540483c34ca640f2eef4c3314388b1
> c9a78332b42cbdcdd386a95192a716b67d1711a4
> 2452cc89063a2a6890368f185c4b6d7d8802175b
> 25abade29616d42d60f9bd5e6a5ad07f7314e39e
> 5b25abade29616d42d60f9bd5e6a5ad07f7314e3
> 789d21dbd9d8889e62c79ec19585fcc97e42ef07
> 0781c8748cf1ea2b0dcd966571103909528c4efa
> 
> (from oldest to newest). And that's just from 3.16 to 3.17-rc3, going
> all the way back to 3.10 would be a lot of work. If there's anyone that
> cares about bcache on stable kernels (and actually use it), now would be
> a good time to pipe up.
> 

Then if it's too much work, it just confirmed what was asked previously:
bcache is still experimental so mark it such for stable kernels.

I wouldn't have used bcache in that case.

Thanks
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