On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:51:41 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 9:53 AM <Hgntkwis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It's been over 1 week since I sent this into the reiserfs-devel > > mailing list. I'm escalating this as the kernel docs recommend. > > I'm still willing to help debug and test a fix for this problem. > > The thing is, you're using an ancient 4.14 kernel, Sorry, I didn't realize kernel development went that fast. I did try to go to the 5.X series, but the AMDGPU drivers don't work on my SI card anymore (I need to bisect which takes time and many re-boots to find the problematic commit). I'll try the Radeon-SI driver and see if I can reproduce this reliably. > and a filesystem > that isn't really maintained any more. You'll find very few people > interested in trying to debug that combination. > > You *might* have more luck with a more modern kernel, but even then > ... reiserfs? > > Linus > Why does no one (I've met others who share a similar sentiment), like reiserfs? I'm not looking for fight, I'm incredulous. It's a great FS that survives oops-es, power failures, and random crashes very very well. It's the only FLOSS FS with tail packing. Thanks, David
