linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition

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Message-ID: <20250109-rekord-drehkreuz-a91b866537db@brauner>
Date: Thu,  9 Jan 2025 17:21:05 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@...driver.com>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition

On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:52:32 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1].  This is
> because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held
> inode lock is not released.
> 
> Fix this by store the error in ret and jump to done to clean up instead of
> returning directly.
> 
> [...]

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

[1/1] afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/31716216c799