Backporting bugfixes

2013-12-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello! I have noticed that there have been important fixes for btrfs in the mainline Linux git repository. However, there is just one btrfs fix in Linux 3.12.5 after 3.12. I think it's important to submit all serious bugfixes to the stable kernels. It would protect users against data co

Re: Backporting bugfixes

2013-12-18 Thread Chris Mason
On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 14:06 -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > I have noticed that there have been important fixes for btrfs in the > mainline Linux git repository. However, there is just one btrfs fix > in Linux 3.12.5 after 3.12. > > I think it's important to submit all serious bugfix

Re: Backporting bugfixes

2013-12-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:23:08 + Chris Mason wrote: > We do tag some commits for stable, but Dave Sterba actually just sent > a request to the stable tree to pull in a few more. That's great news! Thank you for a quick reply! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send t

Re: Backporting bugfixes

2013-12-18 Thread Duncan
Pavel Roskin posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:31:53 -0500 as excerpted: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:23:08 + Chris Mason wrote: > >> We do tag some commits for stable, but Dave Sterba actually just sent a >> request to the stable tree to pull in a few more. > > That's great news! Thank you for a