Curious about corner case in btrfs code

[xerofoify@gmail.com (nick)]

On 14-08-27 01:09 AM, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote:
> Nick,
> 
> Have a look here please: http://www.brendangregg.com/linuxperf.html
> 
> Aruna
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:47 AM, nick <xerofoify@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
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> 
Thanks  for the web page I will start reading it later.
Cheers Nick