On 2017/9/6 下午11:46, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 09/06/2017 09:41 AM, Coly Li wrote: >> On 2017/9/6 下午10:20, Jens Axboe wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 06 2017, Coly Li wrote: >>>> Hi Jens, >>>> >>>> Here are 12 patchs for bcache fixes and updates, most of them were posted >>>> by Eric Wheeler in 4.13 merge window, but delayed due to lack of code >>>> review. >>> >>> Next time, please send this _before_ the merge window opens. Not a huge >>> problem for this series, since it has been posted numerous times in the >>> past and already has good review coverage, but it really should have >>> been in linux-next for a week or two before heading upstream. >>> >> Hi Jens, >> >> Copied, send patches _before_ merge window opens. >> >> But could you please to give me a hint, how can I find when a specific >> merge window will open ? I search LKML, and see people send pull >> requests for 4.14 merge window, but I don't see any announcement for >> 4.14 merge window time slot. > > The merge window opens when Linus releases the previous kernel. So you > have to try and keep track of when he expects to do that. That really > isn't that difficult - Linus always cuts a release on Sundays. We always > have 7 or 8 rc releases, so a good time to check is his mail on -rc6 or > -rc7 release, that usually gives a good indication of when he expects to > release the final. > > To keep things simple, if you always have things ready when -rc7 is > released, then you are at least one week out from the merge window, > possibly two if we end up doing an -rc8. That means you don't have to > track anything, you know the exact date of when -rc7 is released since > Linus's schedule is usually reliable. >
Hi Jens, Copied, I will follow the above rule in next cycle. And I just post the last patch (0013-bcache-initialize-stripe_sectors_dirty-correctly-for.patch) to you for 4.14 cycle. This patch is an important fix for bcache writeback rate calculation, it is depended by another patch I sent to you (0006-bcache-correct-cache_dirty_target-in-__update_writeb.patch), please have it in 4.14. Thanks in advance. -- Coly Li
