EXT4 Is Mostly Fixes With Linux 4.16

[phoronix]

Phoronix: EXT4 Is Mostly Fixes With Linux 4.16

Ted Ts'o sent in the pull request today of EXT4 file-system driver changes for the Linux 4.16 kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=EXT4-For-Linux-4.16

[pipe13]

Boring is good. For the default Linux file system, boring is very good. Thanks, Ted!

[Steffo]

Ext4 is still receiving fixes. I'm not sure if this is good or bad.

[schmidtbag]

Ext4 is still receiving fixes. I'm not sure if this is good or bad.

I was thinking the same thing. When it comes to [what should be] stable filesystems, the word "fix" is not something I want to see in an update.

[cthart]

If you're worried about the word "fix" here... you should read changelogs for firmware updates for RAID controllers or the Oracle DBMS. And these are supposed to be powering mission-critical systems.

[xorbe]

Look at the changelog notes, the ext4 changes are extremely boring. "Race condition on shutdown" is basically the only interesting bug, and I bet even that has certain prereqs required to hit it.