linux-kernel - Re: Reiser4 Linux 4.17.19-1 hangs in Google cloud VM, too.

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Message-ID: <20181023033852.GR32577@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:38:52 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Metztli Information Technology <jose.r.r@...ztli.com>
Cc:     reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reiser4 Linux 4.17.19-1 hangs in Google cloud VM, too.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 03:19:12AM -0700, Metztli Information Technology wrote:
> I installed reiser4 -enhanced Linux kernel 4.17.19-1 --thus replacing the prior hung reiser4 -patched kernel 4.18.15-1 in the Google Compute Engine (GCE) cloud instance. After less than 24 hours the 4.17.19-1 hung in similar way to the 4.18.15-1.
> 
> Please note that I had been running my custom Metztli Reiser4 Debian Stretch image with reiser4 linux 4.14.20-1 without issues for several months
> < https://github.com/Metztli/reiser4-debian-kernel-packaging-4.14.20 >  --until I decided to upgrade to newer kernel(s).

Er...  Does anybody maintain reiser4 these days?  I can't recall a single mail
along the lines of "such-and-such VFS/VM/scheduler/etc. change would break reiser4"
in quite a few years (more than a decade, most likely)...