On Sun, 2016-01-17 at 21:04 +0100, Martin Kokes wrote:
> > Hello list, Ben,
> >
> > Would it be possible to include latest bcache stability patches from
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/compare/master...ewheelerinc:bcache-patches-for-3.17
> > According bcache developers (Kent Overstreet and others) it merges
> > fine from 3.17 up to 4.4 as they concerns only bcache driver:
> >
> > bcache/btree.c
> > bcache/super.c
> > bcache/writeback.c
> > bcache/writeback.h
> >
> > see https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/29/379
> >
> > This should improve SSD lockups.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Martin
>
> And then some for the good, whole bcache including these stability
> patches can be backported from 3.17 to 3.16, just tested:
[...]
Can you clarify exactly what you tested?
Ben.
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