From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [patch 12/41] fs: introduce write_begin, write_end, and perform_write aops Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 07:15:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20070531051539.GK20107@wotan.suse.de> References: <20070524052844.860329000@suse.de> <20070524053155.065366000@linux.local0.net> <20070530213035.d7b6e3e0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070531044327.GD20107@wotan.suse.de> <20070530215231.468e7f26.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070531045754.GE20107@wotan.suse.de> <20070530221121.7eadc807.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Mark Fasheh , Linux Memory Management To: Andrew Morton Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:54239 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758859AbXEaFPk (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 01:15:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070530221121.7eadc807.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 10:11:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 31 May 2007 06:57:54 +0200 Nick Piggin wrote: > > > > Don't know - I shelved the patches. > > > > Oh, that didn't last long :P > > I have a heap of other stuff to get out the door. If I have to > do just two bisects then it's 4AM and I give up then I have to repull > everything and we're back to square one. > > Fortunately, I didn't need to do a bisect this time. That's unusual. > > > > > > Given the great pile of build errors, I think we need the next rev. > > > > I was working on bringing some of the others uptodate (hopefully > > before you did another release). There is not much point in doing > > that if they don't get merged because the patches just break again. > > There's not much point in sending build-busting patches either. Lots > of people run allmodconfig. > > My sympathy for broken patches is limited - you should see what happens > over here ;) > > I can do you a rollup with those patches reinstated after I've done rc3-mm1 > if you like. OK, if you are planning to get a release out now, that's fair enough. If you can send that rollup, it would be good. I could try getting everything to compile and do some more testing on it too. > > Were there build errors in any core code or converted filesystems? > > AFAIKS it was just in reiser4 and a couple of the "cont" filesystems > > that didn't get converted yet. > > The _cont filesystems, reiser4 and that revoke warning. OK, thanks.