Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable | From | Jens Axboe <> | Date | Tue, 24 May 2016 08:18:45 -0600 |
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On 05/23/2016 05:05 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > >>>> bch_writeback_thread() is calling try_to_freeze(), but that's just an >>>> expensive no-op given the fact that the thread is not marked freezable. >>>> >>>> I/O helper kthreads, exactly such as the bcache writeback thread, actually >>>> shouldn't be freezable, because they are potentially necessary for >>>> finalizing the image write-out. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> >>> >>> Let's send a friendly ping on these three patches after two weeks... >> >> After a month, I think, it's time for another ping. > > [ adding Jens to CC ] > > Ok, I call it officially ridiculous now. I guess I'll be resending through > akpm.
You can just send it to me, I've funneled bcache stable fixes before.
> Is it a time to claim (by MAINTAINERS entry) the in-tree bcache orphaned?
I think so.
-- Jens Axboe
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