[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: o2hb: revert hb threshold to keep compatible

[Junxiao Bi]

On 03/29/2017 06:31 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:40:45 +0800 Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> Configfs is the interface for ocfs2-tools to set configure to
>> kernel. Change heartbeat dead threshold name in configfs will
>> cause compatible issue, so revert it.
>>
>> Fixes: 45b997737a80 ("ocfs2/cluster: use per-attribute show and store methods")
> 
> I don't get it.  45b997737a80 was merged nearly two years ago, so isn't
> it a bit late to fix compatibility issues?
> 
This compatibility will not cause ocfs2 down, just some configure (hb
dead threshold) lose effect. If someone want to use the new kernel, they
should apply this fix.

Thanks,
Junxiao.