Re: Reiser4 Linux 4.17.19-1 hangs in Google cloud VM, too.

[Vito Caputo]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 04:38:52AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 03:19:12AM -0700, Metztli Information Technology wrote:
> > I installed reiser4 -enhanced Linux kernel 4.17.19-1 --thus replacing the prior hung reiser4 -patched kernel 4.18.15-1 in the Google Compute Engine (GCE) cloud instance. After less than 24 hours the 4.17.19-1 hung in similar way to the 4.18.15-1.
> > 
> > Please note that I had been running my custom Metztli Reiser4 Debian Stretch image with reiser4 linux 4.14.20-1 without issues for several months
> > < https://github.com/Metztli/reiser4-debian-kernel-packaging-4.14.20 >  --until I decided to upgrade to newer kernel(s).
> 
> Er...  Does anybody maintain reiser4 these days?  I can't recall a single mail
> along the lines of "such-and-such VFS/VM/scheduler/etc. change would break reiser4"
> in quite a few years (more than a decade, most likely)...

I've wondered if we should rename reiserfs to something else.  As-is,
it's not likely to attract any developers since it may as well be named
hitlerfs or something similarly uncomfortable to explain to a
significant other as what you've been working on.

That is, assuming it's going to continue to exist in-tree...

Regards,
Vito Caputo