linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] libnvdimm/namespace: Fix visibility of namespace resource attribute

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:35:40 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] libnvdimm/namespace: Fix visibility of namespace
 resource attribute

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:35:50PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> Legacy pmem namespaces lost support for the "resource" attribute when
> the code was cleaned up to put the permission visibility in the
> declaration. Restore this by listing 'resource' in the default
> attributes.
> 
> A new ndctl regression test for pfn_to_online_page() corner cases builds
> on this fix.
> 
> Fixes: bfd2e9140656 ("libnvdimm: Simplify root read-only definition for the 'resource' attribute")
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c |   10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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