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

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 10:13:12 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:     Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@...il.com>, 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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set dioread_nolock by default for blocksize
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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>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 :(

Crap, sorry. I'll fix it up.

I'm testing out a new script that integrates the dependency mappings I
have with the rest of the script, and it looks like there are some
quirks I need to deal with.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha