Subj : [$] Filesystem testing for stable kernels
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From : LWN.net
Date : Thu Jul 18 2024 15:45:06

[$] Filesystem testing for stable kernels

Date:
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:39:32 +0000

Description:
Leah Rumancik led a filesystem-track session at
the 2024 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit on the testing needed to
qualify 
XFS patches for the stable kernels.  At last year's summit,
Rumancik, Amir Goldstein, and Chandan Babu Rajendra presented on their 
efforts to test and
backport fixes for the XFS filesystem to three separate stable kernels.
There has been some longstanding unhappiness in
the XFS-development community
with the stable-kernel process , which led to
backports ceasing for that filesystem until Goldstein started working on XFS 
testing for the stable
trees a few years ago.  In this year's session, Rumancik updated
attendees on how things had gone over the last year and wanted to discuss some
remaining pain points for the process.

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https://lwn.net/Articles/982099/


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