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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable
On Wed, 18 May 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote:

> > > bch_writeback_thread() is calling try_to_freeze(), but that's just an
> > > expensive no-op given the fact that the thread is not marked freezable.
> > >
> > > I/O helper kthreads, exactly such as the bcache writeback thread, actually
> > > shouldn't be freezable, because they are potentially necessary for
> > > finalizing the image write-out.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
> >
> > Let's send a friendly ping on these three patches after two weeks...
>
> After a month, I think, it's time for another ping.

[ adding Jens to CC ]

Ok, I call it officially ridiculous now. I guess I'll be resending through
akpm.

Is it a time to claim (by MAINTAINERS entry) the in-tree bcache orphaned?

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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