Re: [PATCH 00/12] unify the interface of the proportional-share policy in blkio/io

[Jens Axboe]

On 11/12/18 8:45 AM, Paolo Valente wrote:
> BTW, since this patch series is probably even more useful for older
> than for future kernels, might it make sense to also propose it for
> stable/longterm kernels (provided that such a possibility exists)?

That just not how things work, we don't put different things in
older/stable kernels, it's strictly backports of what we have in
current/newer kernels. Hence it appears to be a dead end right now.

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Jens Axboe