linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 6/8] afs: Fix the setting of the server responding flag

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Message-ID: <20240927-inklusive-erfunden-8a9df201244e@brauner>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:07:59 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@...guebit.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
	netfs@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
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	ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
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	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 6/8] afs: Fix the setting of the server responding flag

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:07:50 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> In afs_wait_for_operation(), we set transcribe the call responded flag to
> the server record that we used after doing the fileserver iteration loop -
> but it's possible to exit the loop having had a response from the server
> that we've discarded (e.g. it returned an abort or we started receiving
> data, but the call didn't complete).
> 
> This means that op->server might be NULL, but we don't check that before
> attempting to set the server flag.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[6/8] afs: Fix the setting of the server responding flag
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/830c1b2c1c28