linux-kernel - Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH 4.19 013/247] cifs: Set CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH flag on setting cifs

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Message-ID: <YIJ6a77TVaZGzQIg@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:42:35 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Shyam Prasad <Shyam.Prasad@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>, pc <pc@....nz>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@...e.com>,
        Steven French <Steven.French@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH 4.19 013/247] cifs: Set
 CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH flag on setting cifs_sb->prepath.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 03:36:07PM +0000, Shyam Prasad wrote:
> Hi Salvatore and Santiago,
> 
> Thanks for testing this out.
> 
> @Greg Kroah-Hartman: The reverted patch used in combination with Paulo's fix seems to fix both use cases. 
> Can we have both these taken in on stable kernels? Paulo's patch is needed only for kernels 5.10 and older.

I do not know what "both" is here at all.

Please resubmit all of the needed commits in a format that I can apply
them in, and I will be glad to review them and queue them up.

Note, patches that are not in Linus's tree better be documented really
really really really well for why that is not so...

thanks,

greg k-h