Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Avoid unreadble filesystem if V4 superblock

[Daniel Kiper]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 03:05:13PM +0200, Erwan Velu wrote:
> [...]
>      Nope...
>
> I'm pretty new at contributing to see project but I really wonder what's the
> rational being this.
> I mean, 2.06 is very recent, debuting its life cycle and its now known as
> totally broken on XFS V4 and we have here a very simple patch.
> How can we prevent users from installing this release ?
> Can't we get a point release or even maybe a 2.07 and a statement reporting
> that 2.06 is not suitable for XFS v4 based system.
> I'm very uncomfortable knowing the release is broken on some config (including
> mine) and new people will be caught in the same trap.
> Sorry to ask maybe a question that got asked zillion times, but that sounds
> important to me that we can project users that didn't reboot yet with this
> release.

Making a release is a big hassle for the project right now. I hope it
will change in the future but it is what it is. I think distros will
take this patch immediately. If that helps I can announce here in
separate thread when patch lands in the git repository.

Daniel