Re: [GIT PULL] core block bits for 2.6.38

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 09:05:40PM +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Jens Axboe <jaxboe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I see Tejun already posted a fix, but Milan says it does not work.
> > Tejun, any  updates?
> 
> Hmmm... seems like I missed something.  Unfortunately, it's already a
> bit too late here.  I'll get back to it tomorrow afternoon.  The issue
> is mostly cosmetic so if it can wait a day or two I don't think
> reverting is necessary.
 
It's only cosmetic if your system is not relying upon userspace programs
that rely upon it:)   My vote would be for reverting the patch for now
so we can be sure the existing userspace functionality continues to work
in -rc1.

Alasdair

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