linux-kernel - Re: Question about LTS 4.19 patch "89047634f5ce NFS: Don't interrupt file writeout due to fatal errors"

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:54:02 +0800
From:   ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosongemail@...mail.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     trond.myklebust@...merspace.com, chenxiaosong@...inos.cn,
        Anna.Schumaker@...app.com, sashal@...nel.org,
        liuzhengyuan@...inos.cn, huangjinhui@...inos.cn,
        liuyun01@...inos.cn, huhai@...inos.cn, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question about LTS 4.19 patch "89047634f5ce NFS: Don't interrupt
 file writeout due to fatal errors"

On 2023/10/30 16:43, Greg KH wrote:
> Try it and see, but note, that came from the 4.19.99 release which was
> released years ago, are you sure you are using the most recent 4.19.y
> release?

I use the most recent release 1b540579cf66 Linux 4.19.296.

> If we missed some patches, that should be added on top of the current
> tree, please let us know the git commit ids of them after you have
> tested them that they work properly, and we will gladly apply them.
Merging the entire patchset may not be the best option. Perhaps a better 
choice is to revert this patch. And I would like to see Trond's suggestion.