linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "fuse: Apply flags2 only when userspace set the FUSE_INIT

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:23:34 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Lawrence <paullawrence@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@...gle.com>,
        Alessio Balsini <balsini@...roid.com>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        Bernd Schubert <bschubert@....com>,
        André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "fuse: Apply flags2 only when userspace set the FUSE_INIT_EXT"

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:12 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> So because Android userspace is sending a flag value that is not in the
> upstream table, this breakage is ok?  Or do you mean something else, I'm
> getting confused.

>From my POV the regression in the Android kernel was due to the
Android patch that added those flags.

Not all flags are equal, some applications use a specific set of flags
and another set of applications use another set.  Non-Android apps
won't use the flag that Android added, for obvious reasons.

I still don't see why we'd need to revert this patch due to
regressions in Android.  Maybe I'm really dumb, but I just don't get
it.

Thanks,
Miklos