linux-ext4 - Re: [GIT PULL] ext2, quota, and udf fixes for 6.6-rc1

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Message-ID: <Z5jbFiB1UzfChk0r@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:26:46 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ext2, quota, and udf fixes for 6.6-rc1

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 06:47:14PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 09:15:06AM +0100, Linux regression tracking #update (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> > On 22.10.23 15:46, Linux regression tracking #adding (Thorsten Leemhuis)
> > wrote:
> > > On 17.10.23 12:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > >> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 12:24:34PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > >>>   Hello Linus,
> > >>>
> > >>>   could you please pull from
> > >>>
> > >>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs.git for_v6.6-rc1
> > >>
> > >> This merge commit (?) broke boot on Intel Merrifield.
> > >> It has earlycon enabled and only what I got is watchdog
> > >> trigger without a bit of information printed out.
> > >>
> > >> I tried to give a two bisects with the same result.
> > > 
> > > #regzbot ^introduced 024128477809f8
> > > #regzbot title quota: boot on Intel Merrifield after merge commit
> > > 1500e7e0726e
> > > #regzbot ignore-activity
> > 
> > Removing this from the tracking. To quote Linus from
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgEHNFHpcvnp2X6-fjBngrhPYO=oHAR905Q_qk-njV31A@mail.gmail.com/
> > 
> > """
> > The quota thing remains unexplained, and honestly seems like a timing
> > issue that just happens to hit Andy. Very strange, but I suspect that
> > without more reports (that may or may not ever happen), we're stuck.
> > """
> > 
> > No other reports showed up afaik.
> 
> Yeah, have no time to dig into this more... Maybe later, who knows?

FYI: Just shared all my findings and the root cause analysis here:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/Z5jahxEopW5ixuFz@smile.fi.intel.com

TL;DR: there is no bug in this PR.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko