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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Date:   Sat, 8 May 2021 15:22:29 +0200
From:   Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Shyam Prasad <Shyam.Prasad@...rosoft.com>, 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.

Shyam, Paulo,

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 09:42:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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...

Did you saw the ping from Greg? Otherwise I think the situation as it
is now for the older stable series is probably just as fine as it is
now with the repsective original commit reverted.

Regards,
Salvatore