Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-24 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Tue, 24 May 2016, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Ok, I call it officially ridiculous now. I guess I'll be resending through > > akpm. > > You can just send it to me, I've funneled bcache stable fixes before. > > > Is it a time to claim (by MAINTAINERS entry) the in-tree bcache orphaned? > > I think s

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-24 Thread Jens Axboe
On 05/23/2016 05:05 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote: 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, act

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-23 Thread Jiri Kosina
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 > > > s

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-18 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Mon, 2 May 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > From: Jiri Kosina > > > > 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, actua

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-11 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Tue, 10 May 2016, Eric Wheeler 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 > > >

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-10 Thread Eric Wheeler
On Mon, 2 May 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > From: Jiri Kosina > > > > 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, exactl

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-05-02 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > From: Jiri Kosina > > 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 > shou

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-04-25 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > I'll try to capture the output today. > > No technical data yet, but this is the thread: > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.bcache.devel/3820 Thanks. It's highly unlikely that this will be fixed by these three patches though (the cod

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-04-21 Thread Eric Wheeler
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Eric Wheeler 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 bcac

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-04-19 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Eric Wheeler 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 free

Re: [PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-04-19 Thread Eric Wheeler
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Jiri Kosina wrote: > From: Jiri Kosina > > 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 > sho

[PATCH] bcache: bch_writeback_thread() is not freezable

2016-04-19 Thread Jiri Kosina
From: Jiri Kosina 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 necess