From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47433 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750948AbbDCFOU (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Apr 2015 01:14:20 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydtvu-000812-6a for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:14:18 +0200 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:14:18 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:14:18 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: Re: Btrfs hangs 3.19-10 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 05:14:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20150402114608.GG32078@carfax.org.uk> <20150402191312.1ee31af3@natsu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Roman Mamedov posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:13:12 +0500 as excerpted: > Yeah I believe I just hit that in 3.14.37, system unbootable (locks up > at "Scanning for Btrfs filesystems"), resulted in a many hour downtime > as it was a remote system w/o IPMI. Fine after a reboot to 3.14.34. Too > bad that even staying on the "stable" series kernel can back-stab you > like that from time to time. Well, btrfs itself isn't really stable yet... Stable series should be stable at least to the extent that whatever you're using in them is, but with btrfs itself not yet entirely stable... If your goal is full stability, something that has been demonstrated mature, stable, and problem free for some period (say six months if you're edgy, a year if you're moderate, at least two years if you're conservative), is still a far better choice. Given existing problems even now, even if 4.0 btrfs proves entirely stable, btrfs won't have that demonstrated history at least until the end of whatever length of period you consider appropriate, because that couldn't start until 4.0's release, which is still in the future. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman