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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATH 0/9] xfs: fixes for 3.10-rc4
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A65696.1050900@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130529190122.GE19505@sgi.com>

On 5/29/13 2:01 PM, Ben Myers wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 09:54:24AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:

<giant snip>

>> I'd much prefer that we don't have to add code to 3.11 to reject any
>> CRC-enabled filesystem without any feature bits set because we don't
>> support a broken remote attr format that was fixed weeks before 3.10
>> released but was not allowed to be fixed in 3.10. That's just crazy
>> from any release management perspective you care to look at it from.
> 
> So would I.
>  
>> Ben, if the problem is that you can't review all the fixes in a timely
>> manner, then we can fix that. I'm sure that Mark, Eric and Brian can
>> help review the code if this is the sticking point.
> 
> Reviews are always welcome...

But it won't matter for the sake of this argument, sounds like?

<another snip>

> A worse outcome is that I pull in this code and something goes very
> wrong for the thousands of users of 3.10 with existing non-crc XFS
> filesystems.  A feature bit and some inconvenience for a few XFS
> developers and testers is a safer choice.

Your concern (rightly) seems to be stability for non-crc users, so:

I'll review these patches with a special eye towards if/how they
affect any non-crc codepaths.  If it's wholly contained in crc
code, you can merge them without fear.  Sound like a deal?

-Eric

> Regards,
> Ben
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-29 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-27  6:38 [PATH 0/9] xfs: fixes for 3.10-rc4 Dave Chinner
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 1/9] xfs: don't emit v5 superblock warnings on write Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 16:39   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 17:49     ` Ben Myers
2013-06-11  6:05       ` Dave Chinner
2013-06-11 21:29         ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 2/9] xfs: fix incorrect remote symlink block count Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 16:39   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30  0:46     ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 17:49     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 3/9] xfs: increase number of ACL entries for V5 superblocks Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 16:40   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 4/9] xfs: rework dquot CRCs Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 18:58   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30  1:00     ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 12:02       ` Brian Foster
2013-06-03  4:12         ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 5/9] xfs: fix split buffer vector log recovery support Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 19:21   ` Mark Tinguely
2013-05-30 17:49     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 6/9] xfs: disable swap extents ioctl on CRC enabled filesystems Dave Chinner
2013-05-28 21:49   ` Ben Myers
2013-05-30  1:07     ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 21:06   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 17:56     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 7/9] xfs: kill suid/sgid through the truncate path Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 14:17   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 15:52     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-30 16:02       ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 17:07         ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 8/9] xfs: add fsgeom flag for v5 superblock support Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 15:10   ` Eric Sandeen
2013-05-29 21:43     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-29 21:47       ` Ben Myers
2013-05-30  1:28       ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-30  1:11     ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 14:17   ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 17:57     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-27  6:38 ` [PATCH 9/9] xfs: inode unlinked list needs to recalculate the inode CRC Dave Chinner
2013-05-28 11:51   ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-28 20:36   ` [PATCH 9a,9b v2, replacements] xfs: unlinked list crcs Dave Chinner
2013-05-28 20:36     ` [PATCH 1/2] xfs: fix log recovery transaction item reordering Dave Chinner
2013-05-28 20:36     ` [PATCH 2/2] xfs: inode unlinked list needs to recalculate the inode CRC Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 14:17       ` Brian Foster
2013-05-30 20:27         ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-28  8:37 ` [PATCH 10/9] xfs: fix dir3 freespace block corruption Dave Chinner
2013-05-30 19:15   ` Ben Myers
2013-05-31 21:54     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-28 17:56 ` [PATH 0/9] xfs: fixes for 3.10-rc4 Ben Myers
2013-05-28 23:54   ` Dave Chinner
2013-05-29 19:01     ` Ben Myers
2013-05-29 19:27       ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2013-05-29 19:45         ` Ben Myers
2013-05-28 21:27 ` [PATCH 11/9] xfs: fix remote attribute invalidation for a leaf Dave Chinner

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