From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: xerofoify@gmail.com (nick) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:47:55 -0400 Subject: Curious about corner case in btrfs code In-Reply-To: <8310.1409112532@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <53FD0E8D.9010407@gmail.com> <53FD14CD.40804@gmail.com> <20140827000529.GL790@aurora> <53FD2296.1000600@gmail.com> <021f4def-eb03-4142-a2f0-73e525ea46b3@email.android.com> <8310.1409112532@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: <53FD62FB.5070206@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 14-08-27 12:08 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:49:51 -0400, Greg Freemyer said: >> A decade plus ago when I first got interested in using xfs for a production >> system, the freeze feature would randomly fail for me. I was able to update >> the xfstest that exercised that code and get a reproducer. I didn't do the >> actual kernel fix, but I still think of that as my first significant >> contribution to the kernel. > > Never underestimate the value of that. Clued users who submit good > bug reports and who can replicate/test patches or provide good test > cases are worth their weight in gold. > Good to known after testing file systems and what tools are the standard in the community. Regards Nick