Andrew Morton
2017-Mar-28 22:31 UTC
[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: o2hb: revert hb threshold to keep compatible
On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:40:45 +0800 Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi at oracle.com> wrote:> Configfs is the interface for ocfs2-tools to set configure to > kernel. Change heartbeat dead threshold name in configfs will > cause compatible issue, so revert it. > > Fixes: 45b997737a80 ("ocfs2/cluster: use per-attribute show and store methods")I don't get it. 45b997737a80 was merged nearly two years ago, so isn't it a bit late to fix compatibility issues?
Junxiao Bi
2017-Mar-29 01:07 UTC
[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: o2hb: revert hb threshold to keep compatible
On 03/29/2017 06:31 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:40:45 +0800 Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi at oracle.com> wrote: > >> Configfs is the interface for ocfs2-tools to set configure to >> kernel. Change heartbeat dead threshold name in configfs will >> cause compatible issue, so revert it. >> >> Fixes: 45b997737a80 ("ocfs2/cluster: use per-attribute show and store methods") > > I don't get it. 45b997737a80 was merged nearly two years ago, so isn't > it a bit late to fix compatibility issues? >This compatibility will not cause ocfs2 down, just some configure (hb dead threshold) lose effect. If someone want to use the new kernel, they should apply this fix. Thanks, Junxiao.