On 23/01/17 20:31, sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Hello Michael, > > "M. J. Everitt": >> I was attempting to apply the aufs3 kernel patches to a 3.12.52 kernel >> I'm running under Gentoo linux, but the patchset for 3.12.31+ now fails. >> I contacted the Gentoo maintainer[1] who pointed me to this kernel >> commit[2], which tallies with my results of patch failure. Can you >> suggest what my best course of action may be, or whether you could maybe >> rustle-up a new fork for this kernel 'era' with this patch applied >> maybe? I appreciate its probably deprecated and all that, but the >> 3.12.52 kernel remains a stable build in the Gentoo tree![3] > The commit you wrote as [2] is actually > > eee5cc2 2013-11-09 get rid of s_files and files_lock > > which was for linux-v3.13. And aufs3.13 supported it by > > c4f4458 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, s_files is gone and si_files > has= > come > > I'd suggest you to check this c4f4458 commit. And then consider these > commits too. > > $ git log1 --no-merges aufs3.12.31+..aufs3.13 fs/aufs > 31070ac 2014-07-03 aufs: move-up on open, for linux-3.13 > f32702f 2014-01-13 aufs: linux-3.13, tiny, leave a comment for dentry test= > helopers > 7824a63 2014-01-13 aufs: linux-3.13, tiny, printk format specifier for d_n= > ame > 71a742f 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, less important comment as a remin= > der > d09c9a9 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, ->f_op is never NULL > c4f4458 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, s_files is gone and si_files has = > come > 0fe228b 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, remove vfsmount_lock > 1fda809 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, replace I_MUTEX_QUOTA by I_MUTEX_= > NONDIR2 > 3a7b061 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, support for NFSv4 delegation 4/4,= > vfs_rename() > 6eb40c3 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, support for NFSv4 delegation 3/4,= > vfs_link() > 87baa7e 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, support for NFSv4 delegation 2/4,= > vfs_unlink() > aee9478 2013-12-17 aufs: for linux-3.13, support for NFSv4 delegation 1/4,= > notify_change() > > As you might know, all aufs3 version are not maintained now. I won't > create aufs3.12.52 or something. > > > J. R. Okajima Hi,
Thanks for that, I'll give that a roll, see how I get on. Hopefully that will be all! Regards, Michael.
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