linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.11 03/44] ext4: add reclaim checks to xattr code

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Message-ID: <YGOUxw/YnRMqvlz1@sashalap>
Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:14:47 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.11 03/44] ext4: add reclaim checks to xattr code

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 03:30:20PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
>Sasha, just be aware that this commit was added to help tracking down a
>particular syzbot report. As such there's no point in carrying it in
>-stable but there's no big harm either... Just one patch more.

Yup, I'd rather keep it to see if we get reports of this in stable
kernels. Better a (harmless) warning than a silent corruption.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha