linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.6 329/638] erofs: Convert to use bdev_open_by

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Message-ID: <ZgDHG8Ucl3EkY4ZS@debian>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:36:43 +0800
From: Gao Xiang <xiang@...nel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Gao Xiang <xiang@...nel.org>,
	Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.6 329/638] erofs: Convert to use bdev_open_by_path()

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 06:56:06PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 49845720080dff0afd5813eaebf0758b01b6312c ]
> 
> Convert erofs to use bdev_open_by_path() and pass the handle around.
> 
> CC: Gao Xiang <xiang@...nel.org>
> CC: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
> CC: linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Acked-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-21-jack@suse.cz
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Stable-dep-of: 0f28be64d132 ("erofs: fix lockdep false positives on initializing erofs_pseudo_mnt")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>

I don't think it's necessary to be backported to v6.6 as well as
the previous one "block: Provide bdev_open_* functions".

The patch
"erofs: fix lockdep false positives on initializing erofs_pseudo_mnt"
should be manually backported instead.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang