On Thu 01-06-23 10:52:22, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Remove locking of moved directory in ext4_rename2(). We will take care
> > of it in VFS instead. This effectively reverts commit 0813299c586b
> > ("ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory") and followup
> > fixes.
>
> Remind me --- commit 0813299c586b is not actually causing any
> problems; it's just not fully effective at solving the problem. Is
> that correct?
Yes, correct.
> In other words, is there a rush in trying to get this revert to Linus
> during this cycle as a regression fix?
>
> I think the answer is no, and we can just let this full patch series
> go in via the vfs branch during the next merge window, but I just
> wanted to make sure.
Exactly, that's my plan as well.
Honza
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