From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from a.ns.miles-group.at ([95.130.255.143] helo=radon.swed.at) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1XQvzl-00007d-GB for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:16:26 +0000 Message-ID: <540D81E2.5010203@nod.at> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:16:02 +0200 From: Richard Weinberger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dedekind1@gmail.com, jean-philippe francois Subject: Re: Ubi patch proposition for 3.10.y References: <1410170318.10764.119.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1410170318.10764.119.camel@sauron.fi.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" , stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Am 08.09.2014 11:58, schrieb Artem Bityutskiy: > On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 14:26 +0200, jean-philippe francois wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think commit 4b3e0a25... [1] (UBI: Call scan_all() with correct >> offset in error case) should be added to 3.10.y stable branch. > > This is the "fastmap" fix, and fastmap is called experimental. We do not > have enough confidence it is production ready. Specifically, I'd like to > hear someone doing extensive power-cut testing with this feature. The > power-cut tolerance is one of the "selling features" of UBI/UBIFS, after > all. > > Therefore I never added fastmap fixes to the stable queue. > > But if someone is willing to put all the fastmap fixes together, add the > "stable tags" with the right kernel version "markings", and test for few > older kernels, then I will recommend them to be included to the stable. > Although I am not sure the stable maintainers would like accept them. I'll take care of that from now on. Thanks, //richard