On Sat, Jun 04, 2022 at 11:38:35AM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 6:53 AM Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Leah Rumancik <lrumancik@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > This first round of patches aims to take care of the easy cases - patches > > with the Fixes tag that apply cleanly. I have ~30 more patches identified > > which will be tested next, thanks everyone for the various suggestions > > for tracking down more bug fixes. No regressions were seen during > > testing when running fstests 3 times per config with the following configs: > > Hi Leah! > > I'll let the xfs developers comment on the individual patches. > General comments about stable process and collaboration. > > Some of the patches in this series are relevant to 5.10 and even apply > cleanly to 5.10 (see below). > They are in my queue but I did not get to test them thoroughly yet, > because I am working chronologically. > > To avoid misunderstanding with stable maintainers, when you post to > stable, please make sure to state clearly in the cover letter that those > patches have only been tested on 5.15.y and should only be applied > to 5.15.y. > I know you have 5.15 in subject, but I would rather be safe than sorry. Fair concern, will do. > > Luis has advised me to post up to 10 patches in each round. > The rationale is that after we test and patches are applied to stable > regressions may be detected and reported by downstream users. > > Regressions will be easier to bisect if there are less fixes in every > LTS release. For this reason, I am holding on to my part 2 patches > until 5.10.120 is released. LTS releases are usually on weekly basis > so the delay is not much. > > I don't think that this series is terribly big, so I am fine with you > posting it at one go, but please consider splitting it pre 5.16 > and post 5.16 or any other way that you see fit when you post > to stable, but let's wait for xfs developers review - if they tell you to > drop a few patches my comment will become moot ;-) > Sure, that is no problem for me, I'll go ahead and split into sets of 10 or fewer. Thanks for the comments! Leah
