2017-06-12 5:30 GMT-07:00 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 12:15:21PM -0700, Pavel Shilovsky wrote:
>> From: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Commit b8c600120fc8 ("Call echo service immediately after socket
>> reconnect") upstream.
>>
>> Commit 4fcd1813e640 ("Fix reconnect to not defer smb3 session reconnect
>> long after socket reconnect") changes the behaviour of the SMB2 echo
>> service and causes it to renegotiate after a socket reconnect. However
>> under default settings, the echo service could take up to 120 seconds to
>> be scheduled.
>>
>> The patch forces the echo service to be called immediately resulting a
>> negotiate call being made immediately on reconnect.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/cifs/connect.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> What stable tree(s) do you want this applied to? Please be specific
> like the documentation tells you to do :)
>
> And CIFS maintainers, come on, your subject lines for patches suck,
> please use a prefix like _everyone_ else does to make it more obvious
> what part of the kernel is being touched.
This patch is targeted for kernels below v4.9, in particular - for v4.4 and v3.18 stable kernels. Do you want me to re-send the patch to comply with the documentation?
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Best regards,
Pavel Shilovsky