Re: Reiser4 module and 2.6.29-x-default kernel

[Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>]

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doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote:
> Hello,
> Any progress on the Reiser4 module and 2.6.29-x-default kernel ?
> Is this the one that will get updated at some point (see link)  ?
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/filesystems/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/
> Glenn

Yep, that's the one. Sorry, I've been swamped lately so it may be a while.

- -Jeff


> Edward Shishkin wrote:
>> Jeff Mahoney wrote:
>> Edward - What's the reasoning behind it?
>>
>>> The reason is to reduce a cost of maintenance.
>>> Since reiser4_set_page_internal() is not in vfs library
>>> bad things are bound to happen. For example, set_page_dirty()
>>> and friends were modified by vfs folks to update dirty pages
>>> accounting and of course nobody knew that there are other
>>> "friends" in reiser4 code, so I have spent a lot of time to figure
>>> out why oom kills processes of dbench 190...
>>  Has it been submitted upstream
>> yet?
>>
>>> Nup, this is in -mm
> 
> Ok, if that's the goal, I can just track it when I update the reiser4 patch.
> - -Jeff
> 
> 


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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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