On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 05:27:46PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, we'll have time and ideally this should soak in -next for a good
while also gives others time to take a look.
