Aug. 27, 2014
4:08 a.m.
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.