linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.13 089/151] ovl: fix deadlock in splice write

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Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:58:19 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        syzbot <syzbot+579885d1a9a833336209@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.13 089/151] ovl: fix deadlock in splice write

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 02:54:35PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Looks like upstream commit b91b6b019fd ("ovl: fix deadlock in splice
> write") needs to be added to linux-5.4.y.
> 
> The reason is that commit 82a763e61e2b ("ovl: simplify file splice")
> was backported to v5.4.155, and the above commit fixes this.
> 
> Applies cleanly and I reviewed that the backport is correct.

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h