Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Nov 2018 19:04:38 -0500 | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.4 026/114] btrfs: cleaner_kthread() doesnt need explicit freeze |
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 12:28:10AM +0100, David Sterba wrote: >On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 01:50:41PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > >> [ Upstream commit 838fe1887765f4cc679febea60d87d2a06bd300e ] > >Please check the discussion under > >https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181025141705.213937-8-sashal@kernel.org/ > >Jiri's reply: > >"This patch just removes pointless try_to_freeze(), that's guaranteed >not to do anything and return immediately, as the btrfs kthread is not >freezable. So I don't think it's needed in stable; the semantics is >equivalent before and after." > >Sasha was fine with dropping the patch from stable candidates and this >has not changed. Thanks.
Indeed, I thought I dropped it but I see that I didn't. My bad, sorry.
-- Thanks, Sasha
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