linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix waiting for writeback then skipping folio

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Message-ID: <702771.1686958006@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:26:46 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com,
        "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix waiting for writeback then skipping folio

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Well, what I'm really asking is the thing I ask seven times a day:
> 
> - what are the end-user visible effects of the bug

A third party might see an incomplete flush after they've done a sync - which
amounts to temporary file corruption.

> - should be fix be backported into earlier kernels

Yes.

David