On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:56:50PM +0900, 권오훈 wrote: > On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 07:58:36AM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 02:06:44PM +0900, 권오훈 wrote: > > > We are using Cleancache APIs for our proprietary feature in Samsung. > > > As Wilcox mentioned, however, there is no cleancache backend in current kernel > > > mainline. > > > So if the race patch shall be accepted, then it seems unnecessary to patch > > > previous stable kernels. > > > > > > Meanwhile, I personally think cleancache API still has potential to be a good > > > material when used with new arising technologies such as pmem or NVMe. > > > > > > So I suggest to postpone removing cleancache for a while. > > > > If there are no in-kernel users, it needs to be removed. If you rely on > > this, wonderful, please submit your code as soon as possible. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > We will discuss internally and see if we can submit our feature. You have two months. I'll submit the removal then if no new backend has shown up.
