linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable 6.11.y] netfs: reset subreq->iov_iter before netfs_clear

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Message-ID: <2024110625-blot-uncooked-48f9@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 09:35:55 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@...xmox.com>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, jlayton@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	netfs@...ts.linux.dev, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 6.11.y] netfs: reset subreq->iov_iter before
 netfs_clear_unread() tail clean

On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 09:26:46AM +0100, Christian Ebner wrote:
> On 11/6/24 06:59, Greg KH wrote:
> > We would much rather take the original series of commits, what exactly
> > are they here?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Hello Greg,
> thank you for your reply.
> 
> AFAIK the relevant patches for this series are commits 80887f31..ee4cdf7b,
> although the last patch containing the fix does not apply cleanly on the
> current 6.11.y branch.
> 
> Please note, I am not very familiar with the code so unsure if all of the
> patches in the series are required for the fix. Maybe David Howells as
> author of the series can provide some more insights?
> 
> The patch series introducing the fix is
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240814203850.2240469-1-dhowells@redhat.com/
> 
> Please let me know how to proceed, thanks!

Please try testing the original fixes and providing them as a patch
series and send them for us to review.

thanks,

greg k-h