This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: correct documentation for grpid mount option
to the 4.9-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-documentation-for-grpid-mount-option.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:43:33 -0500
Subject: ext4: correct documentation for grpid mount option
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From: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 9f0372488cc9243018a812e8cfbf27de650b187b upstream.
The grpid option is currently described as being the same as nogrpid.
Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ data_err=ignore(*) Just print an error m
data_err=abort Abort the journal if an error occurs in a file
data buffer in ordered mode.
-grpid Give objects the same group ID as their creator.
+grpid New objects have the group ID of their parent.
bsdgroups
nogrpid (*) New objects have the group ID of their creator.
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/ext4-correct-documentation-for-grpid-mount-option.patch