Re: [PATCH 4.4 026/114] btrfs: cleaner_kthread() doesnt need explicit freeze

David Sterba
2018-11-08T23:28:10Z

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 01:50:41PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

> [ Upstream commit 838fe1887765f4cc679febea60d87d2a06bd300e ]

Please check the discussion under

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181025141705.213937-8-sashal@kernel.org/

Jiri's reply:

"This patch just removes pointless try_to_freeze(), that's guaranteed
not to do anything and return immediately, as the btrfs kthread is not
freezable. So I don't think it's needed in stable; the semantics is
equivalent before and after."

Sasha was fine with dropping the patch from stable candidates and this
has not changed. Thanks.