Re: [patch 11/11] btrfs: The file argument for fsync() is never null

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Am Dienstag 15 Juni 2010, 02:08:20 schrieb Chris Mason:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:45:40PM +0200, Johannes Hirte wrote:
> > Am Montag 14 Juni 2010, 23:16:01 schrieb Christoph Hellwig:
> > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:11:20PM +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > > Looks like you've applied the patch to a far too old kernel.  It
> > > > > can't be NULL for quite a while already.
> > > > 
> > > > You're the expert, but it looks like it could be null in 2.6.34 like
> > > > he says.  I'm just looking at vfs_fsync_range() in
> > > > "git show v2.6.34:fs/sync.c".
> > > 
> > > 2.6.34 is far too old.
> > 
> > For the changes yes, but not for working. I needed the btrfs fixes
> > without all the other bugs introduced with 2.6.35-rc. I was to careless
> > and pulled to much changes in. My fault.
> 
> Well, my fault.  I usually keep the btrfs-unstable tree against one
> release old, and the users have come to expect it.
> 
> I'll make a .34 branch that works.
> 
> -chris

What about backporting only the important patches to the stable series? Or 
would this be to much work for a still experimental filesystem?

regards,
  Johannes
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