From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55581 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756180AbbAIIei (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2015 03:34:38 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9UvF-0002mi-9b for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:27:57 +0100 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, 09 Jan 2015 09:27:57 +0100 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, 09 Jan 2015 09:27:57 +0100 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: Re: BTRFS free space handling still needs more work: Hangs again (no complete lockups, "just" tasks stuck for some time) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 08:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <3738341.y7uRQFcLJH@merkaba> <1499386.KVI6lPzt8j@merkaba> <27859486.yaddXGu9UI@merkaba> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Martin Steigerwald posted on Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:18:40 +0100 as excerpted: > Duncan, I *did* file a bug. I think you misunderstood me... I understood that and actually said as much: >> But the recommendation is to file the bugzilla report precisely so it >> does /not/ get lost, and you've done that, so... you've done your part >> there and now comes the enforced patience bit of waiting [...] My point was simply that based on the wiki recommendation and the earlier thread as mentioned on the wiki, the reason /why/ a bugzi report is preferred over simply reporting it here is that the devs tend to pick bugs and spend some time digging into them, during which they don't look too much at other reports here, and they can get lost, while the bugzi report won't. Which implies that a failure to respond either to a thread here or a bug report there is because they're busy working on other bugs, and that failure to immediately respond isn't to be seen as ignoring the problem, and is in fact to be expected. IOW, I was saying now that the bug is filed, you can sit back and wait in reasonable assurance that it'll be processed in due time, as you've done your bit and now it's up to them to prioritize and process in due time. That's a good thing, and I was commending you for taking the time to file the bug as well. =:^) ... While at the same time commiserating a bit, since I know from experience how hard that wait for a dev reply can be, and that the wait is sort of an enforced patience as at least for a non-coder as I am, there's not much else one can do. =:^( That said, now that I reread, I can see how what I wrote could appear to be contingent on an assumed /future/ filing of a bug, and that it wasn't as clear as I intended that I was commending you for filing it already, and basically saying, "Be patient, I know how hard it can be to wait." Words! They be tricky! =:^( -- 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