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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: Jonghwan Choi <jhbird.choi@samsung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Adamson, Andy" <William.Adamson@netapp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.9-stable] NFSv4.1 Fix a pNFS session draining deadlock
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:17:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130605201710.GC13713@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1369617780.15984.9.camel@leira.trondhjem.org>

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 01:23:05AM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 09:23 +0900, Jonghwan Choi wrote:
> > This patch looks like it should be in the 3.9-stable tree, should we apply
> > it?
> 
> It's a condition which appears to be extremely rare: so far, we've only
> seen it during extreme stress testing at NetApp. For that reason, and
> because it is NFSv4.1 only, I'm inclined to wait until we see real-world
> cases before making it a stable patch.

Thanks for letting us know, I'll not apply it unless you say we should
later on.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2013-06-05 20:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-27  0:23 [PATCH 3.9-stable] NFSv4.1 Fix a pNFS session draining deadlock Jonghwan Choi
2013-05-27  1:23 ` Myklebust, Trond
2013-06-05 20:17   ` Greg KH [this message]

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