This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ext4: correct return value of ext4_convert_meta_bg to the 6.5-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ext4-correct-return-value-of-ext4_convert_meta_bg.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.5 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 48f1551592c54f7d8e2befc72a99ff4e47f7dca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:47:02 +0800 Subject: ext4: correct return value of ext4_convert_meta_bg From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 48f1551592c54f7d8e2befc72a99ff4e47f7dca0 upstream. Avoid to ignore error in "err". Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230826174712.4059355-4-shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/resize.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/resize.c +++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c @@ -1982,9 +1982,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_meta_bg(struct s errout: ret = ext4_journal_stop(handle); - if (!err) - err = ret; - return ret; + return err ? err : ret; invalid_resize_inode: ext4_error(sb, "corrupted/inconsistent resize inode"); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.5/ext4-correct-offset-of-gdb-backup-in-non-meta_bg-group-to-update_backups.patch queue-6.5/ext4-remove-gdb-backup-copy-for-meta-bg-in-setup_new_flex_group_blocks.patch queue-6.5/ext4-add-missed-brelse-in-update_backups.patch queue-6.5/ext4-correct-return-value-of-ext4_convert_meta_bg.patch