> On Nov 8, 2024, at 10:27 AM, Olga Kornievskaia <aglo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi- >> >> I recall we wanted to see this fix in all LTS kernels, >> so this commit was marked "Cc: stable". Unfortunately >> it applied cleanly only to linux-6.11.y. >> >> What is the plan for getting this fix into LTS kernels? > > I'm not sure what are the options here? Is it acceptable to write the > same functionality patch (but different) that would apply to earlier > versions? The preference is to backport an upstream patch. But Neil has had success sending changes specific to particular LTS kernels. I'd rather not embark on an effort to backport the pre-requisite clean-up patches in that area unless it is absolutely necessary. > Just as a side note, it was only reported on the 6.11 kernel. > Personally, I was only able to reproduce it on 6.10 (not before). Then perhaps we should have annotated the "cc: stable" tag to exclude the earlier LTS kernels. If we believe that the problem will not appear in earlier LTS kernels, I'm happy to leave this fix out of them for now. -- Chuck Lever
