linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] filesystems: start removal of the kthread freezer

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Message-ID: <20230512073100.GC32559@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2023 09:31:00 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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        song@...nel.org, rafael@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] filesystems: start removal of the kthread freezer

On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 06:19:24PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Here's 3 filesystems converted over to remove the kthread freezer.
> 
> Luis Chamberlain (3):
>   ext4: replace kthread freezing with auto fs freezing
>   btrfs: replace kthread freezing with auto fs freezing
>   xfs: replace kthread freezing with auto fs freezing

All patches add FS_AUTOFREEZE but I don't see it defined anywhere, it's
not in linux-next either. Also please drop the SMPL code from the
changelog, it's not necessary for such targeted change (unlike for a
tree-wide one).