linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set dioread_nolock by default for blocksize

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Message-ID: <20200512125931.GA435853@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 14:59:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@...il.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set dioread_nolock by default for blocksize
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 06:20:05PM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> On 5/12/20 5:15 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:37:59PM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > > Hello stable-list,
> > > 
> > > I think this subjected patch [1] missed the below fixes tag.
> > > I guess the subjected patch is only picked for 5.7. And
> > > AFAIU, this patch will be needed for 5.6 as well.
> > > 
> > > Could you please do the needful.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 244adf6426ee31a (ext4: make dioread_nolock the default)
> > > 
> > > [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?h=dev&id=626b035b816b61a7a7b4d2205a6807e2f11a18c1
> > 
> > This patch does not apply to the 5.6 kernel tree at all.  Please provide
> > a working backport if you wish to see it present there.
> 
> Sorry if that's the case.
> I tried both "git cherry-pick" and "git am" with patch mentioned @ [1]
> to apply on branch "remotes/linux-stable/linux-5.6.y" of tree
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
> and it applied cleanly.
> 
> Also, just noticed this patch in the queue. Is it that maybe you are
> trying to apply it twice?
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-5.6/ext4-don-t-set-dioread_nolock-by-default-for-blocksi.patch

Odd, it didn't have the "upstream" commit id, which is why I didn't see
that it was applied already.

Sasha, something went wrong with your scripts, you didn't sign-off on it
either :(

greg k-h