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From:   David Niklas <Hgntkwis@vfemail.net>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: IO lockup on reiserfs FS.
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:51:41 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 9:53 AM <Hgntkwis@vfemail.net> wrote:
> >
> > It's been over 1 week since I sent this into the reiserfs-devel
> > mailing list. I'm escalating this as the kernel docs recommend.
> > I'm still willing to help debug and test a fix for this problem.  
> 
> The thing is, you're using an ancient 4.14 kernel, and a filesystem
> that isn't really maintained any more. You'll find very few people
> interested in trying to debug that combination.
> 
> You *might* have more luck with a more modern kernel, but even then
> ... reiserfs?
> 
>               Linus
> 

This bug appears to have been fixed some where between 4.14.X and the
5.17.X series. I don't know why the fix wasn't backported, but it doesn't
really matter to me as I can run the newer kernel.

Thanks everyone for your help.
David