From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ig0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:52661 "EHLO mail-ig0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbaHVTSt (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:18:49 -0400 Received: by mail-ig0-f174.google.com with SMTP id c1so169245igq.7 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:18:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53F79794.1060307@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:18:44 -0400 From: Austin S Hemmelgarn MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rich Freeman CC: Shriramana Sharma , linux-btrfs Subject: Re: Distro vs latest kernel for BTRFS? References: <53F731BC.6000200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms080108090205030006010403" Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms080108090205030006010403 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2014-08-22 14:22, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Austin S Hemmelgarn > wrote: >>> >> I personally use Gentoo Unstable on all my systems, so I build all my >> kernels locally anyway, and stay pretty much in-line with the current >> stable Mainline kernel. >=20 > "Gentoo Unstable" probably means gentoo-sources, testing version, > which follows the stable kernel branch, but the most recent stable, > and not the long-term stable. gentoo-sources stable version generally > follows the most recent longterm stable kernel (so 3.14 right now). > I'm not sure what the exact policy is, but that is my sense of it. >=20 > So, you're still running a stable kernel most likely. If you really > want mainline then you want git-sources. That follows the most recent > mainline I believe. Of course, if you're following it that closely > then you probably should think about just doing a git clone and > managing it yourself, since then you can handle patches/etc more > easily. >=20 > I think the best option for somebody running btrfs is to stick with a > stable kernel branch, either the current stable or a very recent > longterm. I wouldn't go back into 3.2 land or anything like that. >=20 > But, yes, if you had stuck with 3.14 and not gone to the current > stable then you would have missed the compress=3Dlzo deadlock. So, pic= k > your poison. :) >=20 > Rich >=20 By saying 'unstable' I'm referring to the stuff delimited in portage with the ~ARCH keywords. Personally, I wouldn't use that term myself (all of my systems running on such packages have been rock-solid stable from a software perspective), but that is how the official documentation refers to things with the ~ARCH keywords. There are a lot of Gentoo users who don't know about the keyword thing other than as an occasional inconvenience when emerging certain packages, so I just use the same term as the documentation. For the record, I am using the gentoo-sources package, but instead of using what they mark as stable (which is 3.14), I'm using the most recent version (which is 3.16.1). --------------ms080108090205030006010403 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIFuDCC BbQwggOcoAMCAQICAw9gVDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADB5MRAwDgYDVQQKEwdSb290IENBMR4w HAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5vcmcxIjAgBgNVBAMTGUNBIENlcnQgU2lnbmlu ZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEnN1cHBvcnRAY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzAeFw0xNDA4 MDgxMTMwNDRaFw0xNTAyMDQxMTMwNDRaMGMxGDAWBgNVBAMTD0NBY2VydCBXb1QgVXNlcjEj MCEGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYUYWhmZXJyb2luN0BnbWFpbC5jb20xIjAgBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWE2Fo ZW1tZWxnQG9oaW9ndC5jb20wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDdmm8R BM5D6fGiB6rpogPZbLYu6CkU6834rcJepfmxKnLarYUYM593/VGygfaaHAyuc8qLaRA3u1M0 Qp29flqmhv1VDTBZ+zFu6JgHjTDniBii1KOZRo0qV3jC5NvaS8KUM67+eQBjm29LhBWVi3+e a8jLxmogFXV0NGej+GHIr5zA9qKz2WJOEoGh0EfqZ2MQTmozcGI43/oqIYhRj8fRMkWXLUAF WsLzPQMpK19hD8fqwlxQWhBV8gsGRG54K5pyaQsjne7m89SF5M8JkNJPH39tHEvfv2Vhf7EM Y4WGyhLAULSlym1AI1uUHR1FfJaj3AChaEJZli/AdajYsqc7AgMBAAGjggFZMIIBVTAMBgNV HRMBAf8EAjAAMFYGCWCGSAGG+EIBDQRJFkdUbyBnZXQgeW91ciBvd24gY2VydGlmaWNhdGUg Zm9yIEZSRUUgaGVhZCBvdmVyIHRvIGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuQ0FjZXJ0Lm9yZzAOBgNVHQ8BAf8E BAMCA6gwQAYDVR0lBDkwNwYIKwYBBQUHAwQGCCsGAQUFBwMCBgorBgEEAYI3CgMEBgorBgEE AYI3CgMDBglghkgBhvhCBAEwMgYIKwYBBQUHAQEEJjAkMCIGCCsGAQUFBzABhhZodHRwOi8v b2NzcC5jYWNlcnQub3JnMDEGA1UdHwQqMCgwJqAkoCKGIGh0dHA6Ly9jcmwuY2FjZXJ0Lm9y Zy9yZXZva2UuY3JsMDQGA1UdEQQtMCuBFGFoZmVycm9pbjdAZ21haWwuY29tgRNhaGVtbWVs Z0BvaGlvZ3QuY29tMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBDQUAA4ICAQCr4klxcZU/PDRBpUtlb+d6JXl2dfto OUP/6g19dpx6Ekt2pV1eujpIj5whh5KlCSPUgtHZI7BcksLSczQbxNDvRu6LNKqGJGvcp99k cWL1Z6BsgtvxWKkOmy1vB+2aPfDiQQiMCCLAqXwHiNDZhSkwmGsJ7KHMWgF/dRVDnsl6aOQZ jAcBMpUZxzA/bv4nY2PylVdqJWp9N7x86TF9sda1zRZiyUwy83eFTDNzefYPtc4MLppcaD4g Wt8U6T2ffQfCWVzDirhg4WmDH3MybDItjkSB2/+pgGOS4lgtEBMHzAGQqQ+5PojTHRyqu9Jc O59oIGrTaOtKV9nDeDtzNaQZgygJItJi9GoAl68AmIHxpS1rZUNV6X8ydFrEweFdRTVWhUEL 70Cnx84YBojXv01LYBSZaq18K8cERPLaIrUD2go+2ffjdE9ejvYDhNBllY+ufvRizIjQA1uC OdktVAN6auQob94kOOsWpoMSrzHHvOvVW/kbokmKzaLtcs9+nJoL+vPi2AyzbaoQASVZYOGW pE3daA0F5FJfcPZKCwd5wdnmT3dU1IRUxa5vMmgjP20lkfP8tCPtvZv2mmI2Nw5SaXNY4gVu WQrvkV2in+TnGqgEIwUrLVbx9G6PSYZZs07czhO+Q1iVuKdAwjL/AYK0Us9v50acIzbl5CWw ZGj3wjGCA6EwggOdAgEBMIGAMHkxEDAOBgNVBAoTB1Jvb3QgQ0ExHjAcBgNVBAsTFWh0dHA6 Ly93d3cuY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzEiMCAGA1UEAxMZQ0EgQ2VydCBTaWduaW5nIEF1dGhvcml0eTEh MB8GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYSc3VwcG9ydEBjYWNlcnQub3JnAgMPYFQwCQYFKw4DAhoFAKCCAfUw GAYJKoZIhvcNAQkDMQsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAcBgkqhkiG9w0BCQUxDxcNMTQwODIyMTkxODQ0 WjAjBgkqhkiG9w0BCQQxFgQUl8MNh87k0TkcpiLScl9yDEjXsIAwbAYJKoZIhvcNAQkPMV8w XTALBglghkgBZQMEASowCwYJYIZIAWUDBAECMAoGCCqGSIb3DQMHMA4GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgIA gDANBggqhkiG9w0DAgIBQDAHBgUrDgMCBzANBggqhkiG9w0DAgIBKDCBkQYJKwYBBAGCNxAE MYGDMIGAMHkxEDAOBgNVBAoTB1Jvb3QgQ0ExHjAcBgNVBAsTFWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuY2FjZXJ0 Lm9yZzEiMCAGA1UEAxMZQ0EgQ2VydCBTaWduaW5nIEF1dGhvcml0eTEhMB8GCSqGSIb3DQEJ ARYSc3VwcG9ydEBjYWNlcnQub3JnAgMPYFQwgZMGCyqGSIb3DQEJEAILMYGDoIGAMHkxEDAO BgNVBAoTB1Jvb3QgQ0ExHjAcBgNVBAsTFWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzEiMCAGA1UE AxMZQ0EgQ2VydCBTaWduaW5nIEF1dGhvcml0eTEhMB8GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYSc3VwcG9ydEBj YWNlcnQub3JnAgMPYFQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAEggEAquxZYKwq/m81ATpr5pC7UTEyYoG7 jjuRDyxxf6iO/ww14rdvoqN4kCzKz3C+NywKQaz7/qx6K7j09mCBokwEpR+OaFEIqTdDX7KB ks/xBWPuRsTHS76ngHSLgdyvJqeJ5C5WFIxOaLYv4kOqgrmhgBNqvdnlQp5bZkkhcnv9e+Qc E5nn/P7wcWICnRfZxtahVYNEehCfJgDlxK9G5E5cgb0Q087m1WHGDjfnSBTYqbNk6y+EbDgG yv3pxAwxe93yx61aPJ6i5VAie+KAGZiuzvWvD1WG99GV34dpv2UxnfokfSAYWCycgHv2RVij mcAimu96eehEdmpvVZbRSJB1ZgAAAAAAAA== --------------ms080108090205030006010403--