From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Jun 24 20:06:00 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92AA916DA1 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [64.62.153.212]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "anubis.delphij.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DC6F259C for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from zeta.ixsystems.com (unknown [12.229.62.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D574185DE; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:05:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1435176359; x=1435190759; bh=OK9YbmbgclZZw7Bierurv0ruQT8AXmyqTUUkSiN3T4c=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=SYFfpOTb7INJAk9PB8OFMnt/f+jpd7TaQ/fK86YcKzo5W2tQfpEfftmaQpYfAFLNR Bq9HxeMI69Yl+cI1PQCjlD9wrUgSdw3U3YDwhHNePmwTs/YF/0MRg9zhUTLaXerdgA FiRN65e3KlMknz1eOzQXTFAtli0zeDH6cZQ/SumI= Message-ID: <558B0DA6.8080203@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:05:58 -0700 From: Xin Li Reply-To: d@delphij.net Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Reko Turja , Willem Jan Withagen , Daniel Genis , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can the l2arc memory leak fix be pulled into 10.1-RELEASE ? References: <5588173C.30608@byte.nl> <55887483.1050505@digiware.nl> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:06:00 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 06/23/15 04:36, Reko Turja wrote: > -----Original Message----- From: Willem Jan Withagen Sent: Monday, > June 22, 2015 11:48 PM To: Daniel Genis ; > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can the l2arc memory leak > fix be pulled into 10.1-RELEASE ? > >>> We are kind of new to FreeBSD, so we're wondering what are the >>> plans to merge these fixes into the 10.1-RELEASE branch ? >>> >>> We'd love to get these fixes without having to rebuild the >>> kernel. Is there any chance for the merge to happen in the near >>> future, or should we compile the kernel to get the fixes? > >> The RELEASE branch is exactly what it says, RELEASE. And is only >> done once per version when the actual official RELEASE is. So the >> next one will be the upcoming 10.2-RELEASE. Which is schedules >> for August 2015 according to: > > There are actually 2 branches tracking release: RELEASE which is > the original release itself and RELENG which is the > release+security and some errata fixes. In practice one should > always track and compile RELENG sources with production servers, > unless there's a bugfix or added driver that's only available in > STABLE. The release/X.Y.Z are actually "tags" and not branches (i.e. read only copy of whatever state is in the release engineering/errata branch, releng/X.Y, is at the time it's released), but technically in svn a tag is also a branch. We do all efforts to avoid making any changes once a tag is laid, because it's a historical and reference point. Users who use -RELEASE should track releng/X.Y branch, or use freebsd-update(1) to keep their system up-to-date. Our goal is to allow a majority of users to use binary releases without having to compile and build themselves. If you know some specific reasons that forces you to compile yourself, please consider sending re@ an email so we will see what we can improve this. Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1.5 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJViw2mAAoJEJW2GBstM+nsuKcP/A1cJupbolHtlbbIifahHxAA VpV5/wzb4FZKLiUQX/E8A+iqSw5PPFrWozGkVEDx7xcziZcLTMTgfaZdWgFAoI67 VB1+1cm0cxpm9vVoQahSeCVcTtp/whK26jCnfeDVWnTUcBZTRO85Ni90T5Zyuc7P Hr6E22z7WAFKXB2wP7tOjDS1ZwcUR9wqERWaxDy4V7fLhJh7QK0u6KxAoX/TSRaU E3l5BOdSdfUBH49OkB2WMdB7n8jLWAmMNP0jkT5PxPtAX+3HaZk6xBbLSTSR2/Up Ulw8WKHXhiwYg8lz/c/AZ0W2wJanzfM+tXTSmwgs/50mO+NUbZyPcpAibTp7ozNu ukKzpMwrKEUQ2VdFBq8VuHpNEBnsz6kp3ZTR6qiFL9uJgghjcGuq88/hrS3oz2f8 Skr24McdbhDNJII9OLOZWelERkRyP1jCqqNuwEo4y4QzTCfHB3E+3XxEomkXLiK5 yVvQMwFD2SQSVT4kg/epDWvLu5vaVZgxyjxA8doYeXt1iaURPCt0IsOTeT3oAe7E e2mOi6ub0aDYPox1RSqZ7ZbWpakpTuxtCSgC9u2Qz1ncwhesL+F6BDNcxOPdfeLC x+5yV6K6DE3Xx38B4rxoSEgZlNgoZcKpkX/Tlo5gL9IxBPjRpBqqTPSzRgiyBRe4 9/5oGcFQEDlS4ekPGSR3 =DtFf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----