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Which kernel is safe to upgrade to for btrfs?

DISCUSSION Marc MERLIN 2 participants 2 messages May 21, 2012 Btrfs file system

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Hi,

I upgraded to 3.3.x lately and had no end of problems with btrfs saying my disk was full when it was not.

I read that btrfs in 3.3.x had issue and got the recommendation to downgrade, so I went back to 3.2.16 which works for me.

Of course, I need a newer kernel for other reasons and I can't tell which branch is safe to upgrade to for btrfs.

Have the free space problems been fixed in 3.3.x or is the 3.4.x branch better or should I stay with 3.2.x for safety?

Thanks,
Marc

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Have the free space problems been fixed in 3.3.x or is the 3.4.x branch better or should I stay with 3.2.x for safety?

There have been some fixes pushed back from the development tree into the stable tree for 3.3.x (for the first time in btrfs's history I believe) but there's a lot more work been happening in 3.4.

I'm happily sat on 3.2 and I would suggest sticking there too for a while and watch what user reports come back for the 3.4 kernel (just out).

Just my 2p's worth..

cheers,
Chris

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