Re: [PATCH 4.4 026/114] btrfs: cleaner_kthread() doesnt need explicit freeze

[Sasha Levin]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 12:28:10AM +0100, David Sterba wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 01:50:41PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> > [ Upstream commit 838fe1887765f4cc679febea60d87d2a06bd300e ]
>
> Please check the discussion under
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181025141705.213937-8-sashal@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Jiri's reply:
>
> "This patch just removes pointless try_to_freeze(), that's guaranteed
> not to do anything and return immediately, as the btrfs kthread is not
> freezable.  So I don't think it's needed in stable; the semantics is
> equivalent before and after."
>
> Sasha was fine with dropping the patch from stable candidates and this
> has not changed. Thanks.

Indeed, I thought I dropped it but I see that I didn't. My bad, sorry.

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Thanks,
Sasha