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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:47:19 -0700 From: Vito Caputo <vcaputo@...garu.com> To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Cc: reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reiser4 Linux 4.17.19-1 hangs in Google cloud VM, too. On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 04:38:52AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > 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)... I've wondered if we should rename reiserfs to something else. As-is, it's not likely to attract any developers since it may as well be named hitlerfs or something similarly uncomfortable to explain to a significant other as what you've been working on. That is, assuming it's going to continue to exist in-tree... Regards, Vito Caputo
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