linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix false warning in inode_to

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Message-ID: <CAHc6FU7XDXCE--4vtH+q94NBZK-ScYSLTmeY4+J9T9YH7BtR9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 18:37:15 +0200
From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>, gfs2@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix false warning in inode_to_wb

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
> Please add
>
>   Reported-by: syzbot+e14d6cd6ec241f507ba7@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>   Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e14d6cd6ec241f507ba7
>
> to both patches.

I'm quite reluctant to acknowledge syzbot for this. The bug has been
reported several times by several people, long before syzbot.

> Also,
>
>   -static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(const struct inode *inode)
>   +static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(struct inode *inode)
>
> change is not needed.

Ah, not anymore, indeed.

Thanks,
Andreas