Re: [PATCH 0/2] xfs: regression fixes for 3.5-rc7

Ben Myers
2012-07-11T22:43:14Z

Hey Dave,

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 07:40:41AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> These two patches need to go to Linus before 3.5 is released. The
> first fixes the btree cursor leak properly, and the second fixes a
> significant performance regression reported by Mel Gorman. Can you
> review them and send them onwards to Linus?

I have some test exposure on the first one, but not on the second. I'd rather
have a known performance regression in 3.5 than start popping stacks again this
late toward the end of the rc cycle. I suggest that #2 go in for the 3.6 merge
window and back to 3.5 via -stable. Any other opinions?

I'll feel better about if after some testing, so I'll get tests running asap.
What testing have you and Mel done?

IMO we should also consider "xfs: prevent recursion in xfs_buf_iorequest", from
Christoph.

Regards,
Ben