Re: Curious about corner case in btrfs code

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:49:51 -0400, Greg Freemyer said:
> A decade plus ago when I first got interested in using xfs for a production
> system, the freeze feature would randomly fail for me.  I was able to update
> the xfstest that exercised that code and get a reproducer.  I didn't do the
> actual kernel fix, but I still think of that as my first significant
> contribution to the kernel.

Never underestimate the value of that.  Clued users who submit good
bug reports and who can replicate/test patches or provide good test
cases are worth their weight in gold.

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