linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes

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Message-Id: <175985615642.1365513.6759583402363005234.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:55:56 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, David Disseldorp <ddiss@...e.de>, 
 Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on
 pipes


On Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:46:47 +0100, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> The reproducer:
> echo | ./usr/gen_init_cpio /dev/stdin > /dev/null
> 
> fsync() on a pipe fd returns -EINVAL, which makes gen_init_cpio fail.
> Ignore -EINVAL from fsync().
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/38492c5743f8b

Best regards,
-- 
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>