Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:13:30 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: smp dead lock of io_request_lock/queue_lock patch |
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On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Martin Peschke3 wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to merge all (or at least the common denominator) of > Redhat's and SuSE's changes into the vanilla 2.4 SCSI stack? > The SCSI part of Marcelo's kernel seems to be rather backlevel, > considering all those fixes and enhancements added by the mentioned > distributors and their SCSI experts. As this discussion underlines, > there are a lot of common problems and sometimes even common > approaches. I am convinced that a number of patches ought to be > incorporated into the mainline kernel. Though, I must admit > that I am at a loss with how this could be achieved given the > unresolved question of 2.4 SCSI maintenance > (which has certainly played a part in building up those piles > of SCSI patches).
I have mixed feelings about that. One on side, I'd love to merge the scalability patches in mainline. We've had a significant number of bugs in this area in the past, and it seems a shame that we all have to fix them independently because we deviate from mainline. On the other hand, 2.4 is pretty much closed. There wont be a big number of new distro 2.4 kernels.
Had you asked me 6 months ago I probably would have advocated merging them, but right now I think it's a waste of time.
-- Jens Axboe
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