From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: Series of patches for bcache targeting 4.15 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:58:23 -0600 Message-ID: <20171030215821.GA17465@kernel.dk> References: <20171030214635.29888-1-mlyle@lyle.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-pg0-f51.google.com ([74.125.83.51]:53713 "EHLO mail-pg0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751936AbdJ3V60 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:58:26 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f51.google.com with SMTP id s2so12812686pge.10 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171030214635.29888-1-mlyle@lyle.org> Sender: linux-bcache-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Lyle Cc: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 30 2017, Michael Lyle wrote: > Hi Jens-- > > I have a few last patches for bcache targeting 4.15 if it's > possible to get them in. I'm sorry this is a bit late. > > All are reviewed and have received a moderate amount of test > in my environment (and I'm continuing testing). > > [PATCH 1/5] bcache: only permit to recovery read error when cache > [PATCH 2/5] bcache: convert cached_dev.count from atomic_t to > [PATCH 3/5] bcache: update bucket_in_use in real time > [PATCH 4/5] bcache: fix wrong cache_misses statistics > [PATCH 5/5] bcache: explicitly destroy mutex while exiting > > Patches 1 and 3 are critical. The first fixes correctness problems > if a cache volume fails and is being carried in distro trees. #3 > prevents a rare issue that can cause extended hanging of end-user > I/O. The other three patches are relatively safe cleanup. Thanks, applied for 4.15. -- Jens Axboe