Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946199AbXBCBXK (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:23:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946182AbXBCBXJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:23:09 -0500 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:57990 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946199AbXBCBXI (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:23:08 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 02:22:59 +0100 From: Nick Piggin To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linux Kernel , Linux Filesystems , Linux Memory Management , Fengguang Wu , Suparna Bhattacharya Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] buffered write deadlock fix Message-ID: <20070203012259.GA27300@wotan.suse.de> References: <20070129081905.23584.97878.sendpatchset@linux.site> <20070202155232.babe1a52.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070202155232.babe1a52.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1267 Lines: 32 On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 03:52:32PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:31:37 +0100 (CET) > Nick Piggin wrote: > > > The following set of patches attempt to fix the buffered write > > locking problems (and there are a couple of peripheral patches > > and cleanups there too). > > > > Patches against 2.6.20-rc6. I was hoping that 2.6.20-rc6-mm2 would > > be an easier diff with the fsaio patches gone, but the readahead > > rewrite clashes badly :( > > Well fsaio is restored, but there's now considerable doubt over it due to > the recent febril febrility. > > How bad is the clash with the readahead patches? I don't think it would be so bad that one couldn't merge readahead back on top quite easily... The fsaio ones are a little harder because they change generic_file_buffered_write. > Clashes with git-block are likely, too. > > Bugfixes come first, so I will drop readahead and fsaio and git-block to get > this work completed if needed - please work agaisnt mainline. OK. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/