Re: [PATCH 00/13] bcache: fixes and update for 4.14

Eddie Chapman
2017-09-07T19:01:21Z

On 06/09/17 18:38, Coly Li wrote:
> On 2017/9/6 下午11:46, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 09/06/2017 09:41 AM, Coly Li wrote:
>>> On 2017/9/6 下午10:20, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 06 2017, Coly Li wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jens,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are 12 patchs for bcache fixes and updates, most of them were posted
>>>>> by Eric Wheeler in 4.13 merge window, but delayed due to lack of code
>>>>> review.
>>>>
>>>> Next time, please send this _before_ the merge window opens. Not a huge
>>>> problem for this series, since it has been posted numerous times in the
>>>> past and already has good review coverage, but it really should have
>>>> been in linux-next for a week or two before heading upstream.
>>>>
>>> Hi Jens,
>>>
>>> Copied, send patches _before_ merge window opens.
>>>
>>> But could you please to give me a hint, how can I find when a specific
>>> merge window will open ? I search LKML, and see people send pull
>>> requests for 4.14 merge window, but I don't see any announcement for
>>> 4.14 merge window time slot.
>>
>> The merge window opens when Linus releases the previous kernel. So you
>> have to try and keep track of when he expects to do that. That really
>> isn't that difficult - Linus always cuts a release on Sundays. We always
>> have 7 or 8 rc releases, so a good time to check is his mail on -rc6 or
>> -rc7 release, that usually gives a good indication of when he expects to
>> release the final.
>>
>> To keep things simple, if you always have things ready when -rc7 is
>> released, then you are at least one week out from the merge window,
>> possibly two if we end up doing an -rc8. That means you don't have to
>> track anything, you know the exact date of when -rc7 is released since
>> Linus's schedule is usually reliable.
>>
>
> Hi Jens,
>
> Copied, I will follow the above rule in next cycle.
>
> And I just post the last patch
> (0013-bcache-initialize-stripe_sectors_dirty-correctly-for.patch) to you
> for 4.14 cycle.
>
> This patch is an important fix for bcache writeback rate calculation, it
> is depended by another patch I sent to you
> (0006-bcache-correct-cache_dirty_target-in-__update_writeb.patch),
> please have it in 4.14.
>
> Thanks in advance.

I'm sorry, correction to my last mail, the patches I have tested should
read: 0002, 0003, 0006 and 0013.