linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.10 090/180] xfs: xfs_iflush

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Message-ID: <20160822110803.GA21145@1wt.eu>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:08:03 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10 090/180] xfs: xfs_iflush_cluster fails to abort on
 error

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 08:55:37PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Ok, I didn't notice that the fix from 3.14 was further down the
> queue. I put a procmail filter in to catch this patch on lkml
> so i didn't see it in the context of the entire series (way too much
> traffic on lkml to keep up with it). So I probably pulled the
> trigger a little early.

No offence taken, don't worry. I prefer to see maintainers fight for
reliability than not care :-)

> I agreed that it would be best to combine the two patches so there
> isn't a bisection point that could result in corruptions...

yes, I've re-merged them already.

Thanks,
Willy