On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:52:58PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > On Thu 05-07-18 20:07:32, Amir Goldstein wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 06:27:01PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > >> 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? > > > > > > > That would be chicken and egg. > > I wrote the hint when I posted the series so there was no upstream commit id > > at the time. Maybe I should have written "need to apply the 2 previous patches" > > as a hint... or could have tried to push back on review comments to split the > > patches. > > > > > And those backports don't apply properly :( > > > > > > Can you please provide a series of patches backported to the stable > > > trees you feel these should go to, so I can apply them? > > > > > > > I can look into that sometime, but frankly, I don't feel strongly > > either way about applying those patches to stable. > > If anybody from ext4 developers can find the time to look into > > that, I wouldn't object at all.. > > I will be probably eventually backporting these patches to SLE kernels so I > can forward them to stable then as well. But since this is really more of > an annoyance than a serious problem, it doesn't have high priority. Ok, given that this really isn't a big deal, I'll leave it as-is and wait for backports to show up if you all happen to do them. thanks, greg k-h
