linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 07:31:03 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Thilo Fromm <t-lo@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption

On 09.12.22 07:12, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 06:16:02PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>
>> Maybe I should talk to Greg again to revert backported changes like
>> 1be97463696c until fixes for them are ready.
> 
> The fix is in the ext4 git tree, and it's ready to be pushed to Linus
> when the merge window opens --- presumably, on Sunday.

Thx!

> So it's probably not worth it to revert the backported change, only to
> reapply immediately afterwards.

Definitely agreed, I was more taking in the general sense (sorry, should
have been clearer), as it's not the first time some backport exposes
existing problems that take a while to get analyzed and fixed in
mainline. Which is just how it is sometimes, hence a revert and a
reapply of that backport (once the fix is available) in stable/longterm
sounds appropriate to me to prevent users from running into known problems.

Ciao, Thorsten