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

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Message-ID: <F71A0899-EF6F-44A3-B207-E1DACC8721B6@cern.ch>
Date:	Fri, 5 Sep 2014 17:03:57 +0000
From:	Arne Wiebalck <Arne.Wiebalck@...n.ch>
To:	Peter Kieser <peter@...ser.ca>, "eddie@...k.net" <eddie@...k.net>,
	"Jens Axboe" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Francis Moreau <francis.moro@...il.com>,
	"Kent Overstreet" <kmo@...erainc.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org" <linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bcache changes for 3.17


On Sep 5, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Peter Kieser <peter@...ser.ca>
 wrote:

> 
> On 2014-09-05 8:37 AM, Eddie Chapman wrote:
>> On 05/09/14 15:17, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> (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.
>> 
>> Just "piping up" as I care about bcache and actually use it in production on 3.10! Shame I don't have the knowledge to try and backport these though :-)
>> 
>> Eddie
> 
> I'm "piping up" as well, I use bcache on 3.10 in production.
> 
> -Peter
> 


More "piping up": we currently use bcache on a few nodes in production, on 3.14 and 3.15, and plan to roll it out on a wider scale now.
If necessary we'll go with these kernels, but we'd certainly prefer our usual 3.10-based CentOS kernel.

Cheers,
 Arne

--
Arne Wiebalck
CERN IT
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