On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:25:43AM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:15 AM, <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.17-stable tree. > > There is a [backport hint] at the end of the commit message. > Need to take the 2 prep commits. > Same for all stable branches. > > Cheers, > Amir. > > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > > id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ > > > > From db6516a5e7ddb6dc72d167b920f2f272596ea22d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 22:54:44 -0400 > > Subject: [PATCH] ext4: do not update s_last_mounted of a frozen fs > > > > If fs is frozen after mount and before the first file open, the > > update of s_last_mounted bypasses freeze protection and prints out > > a WARNING splat: > > > > $ mount /vdf > > $ fsfreeze -f /vdf > > $ cat /vdf/foo > > > > [ 31.578555] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1415 at > > fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:53 ext4_journal_check_start+0x48/0x82 > > > > [ 31.614016] Call Trace: > > [ 31.614997] __ext4_journal_start_sb+0xe4/0x1a4 > > [ 31.616771] ? ext4_file_open+0xb6/0x189 > > [ 31.618094] ext4_file_open+0xb6/0x189 > > > > If fs is frozen, skip s_last_mounted update. > > > > [backport hint: to apply to stable tree, need to apply also patches > > vfs: add the sb_start_intwrite_trylock() helper > > ext4: factor out helper ext4_sample_last_mounted()] For "hints", can you provide the git commit id in the future so I don't have to dig them out myself? thanks, greg k-h