linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: Reiser4 hard lockup

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Message-ID: <2e2f8dc4-a48e-f09c-3f41-5dfa7f9a6387@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 01:53:31 +0100
From:   Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@...il.com>
To:     David Niklas <Hgntkwis@...mail.net>
Cc:     reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Reiser4 hard lockup

On 10/26/2020 02:07 AM, David Niklas wrote:
> I'll reply to both of you in this email.
> 
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:04:22 -0700 (PDT)
> Metztli Information Technology <jose.r.r@...ztli.com> wrote:
>> Niltze, David-
>>
>> A few observations are in order below:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 1:39 PM David Niklas <Hgntkwis@...mail.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
> <snip>
>> reiser4progs 1.1.x Software Framework Release Number (SFRN) 4.0.1 file
>> system utilities should not be used to check/fix media formatted 'a
>> priori' in SFRN 4.0.2 and vice-versa.
> 
> Honestly, this is the first time I've heard about a Linux FS having
> versioning other than a major one


This is because, unlike other Linux file systems, reiser4 is a
framework.

In vanilla kernel having a filesystem-as-framework is discouraged for
ideological reasons. As they explained: "nobody's interested in
plugins". A huge monolithic mess without any internal structure -
welcome :)