XFS compatibility between the minor releases of RHEL6 and RHEL7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After updating kernel from latest minor release 2.6.32 to the latest minor release of 3.10.0, will existing XFS filesystems function normally with the new kernel?
  • Are XFS filesystems created on the latest minor release of 3.10.0 backwards compatible with older kernel version?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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