linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs: add file

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:07:16 -0400
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs: add file_dentry()

Hey Miklos,

On 03/23/2016 09:36 AM, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> This series fixes bugs in nfs and ext4 due to 4bacc9c9234c ("overlayfs:
> Make f_path always point to the overlay and f_inode to the underlay").

Since that commit got backported into older -stable kernel, it would
appear that this file_dentry() series is relevant for pre-4.2 kernels as
well.

However, backporting it seems to be less than trivial.

Could you provide a backport for older -stable kernels please?


Thanks,
Sasha