Curious about corner case in btrfs code
Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Wed Aug 27 00:08:52 EDT 2014
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:49:51 -0400, Greg Freemyer said:
> A decade plus ago when I first got interested in using xfs for a production
> system, the freeze feature would randomly fail for me. I was able to update
> the xfstest that exercised that code and get a reproducer. I didn't do the
> actual kernel fix, but I still think of that as my first significant
> contribution to the kernel.
Never underestimate the value of that. Clued users who submit good
bug reports and who can replicate/test patches or provide good test
cases are worth their weight in gold.
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