Re: 3.11.5 kernel infinite loop

[Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org>]

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 12:37:32 PM Duncan wrote:

> Note that there's another critical patch in-flight, patching a bug 
> triggered by btrfs balance on filesystems with pre-allocated files (like 
> systemd does with its journal and various torrent clients do with their 
> downloads).  But this one is currently being held up because stable rules 
> require it to be in current mainline first, and 3.12 is out, but the two-
> week 3.13 commit window that would normally be open now is suspended for 
> a week, as Linux is traveling without a reliable net connection.  So the 
> patch can't hit mainline, and thus won't hit stable unless an exception 
> is made, until after Linus' vacation, when the commit window opens and 
> the patch is accepted.

Greg K-H has said he'll accept stable patches that haven't hit the mainline 
during this period.

cheers!
Chris
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