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 17:04:35 +0800
From:   ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosongemail@...mail.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        trond.myklebust@...merspace.com
Cc:     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 16:58, Greg KH wrote:
> If you just revert that one patch, is the issue resolved?  And what
> about other stable releases that have that change in it?
>
> If this does need to be reverted, please submit a patch that does so and
> we can review it that way.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h


In my opinion, this patch is not for fixing a bug, but is part of a 
refactoring patchset. The 'Fixes:' tag should not be added.