On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 09:52:48PM +0200, Koen Vandeputte wrote: > > > On 15-09-18 09:15, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > Koen, > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:09 PM gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > adding stable@ for stable kernel issues... > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 09:58:35AM +0200, Koen Vandeputte wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm currently in the process of updating the kernel version within OpenWrt. > > > > (4.14.68 to 4.14.69) > > > > > > > > Testing shows some issues on devices using specifically UBIFS. > > > > Altering a perfect valid writable file shows weird errors: > > > > > > > > > > > > [ Node 2 | node-2 ] ls -l /root/custom/scripts/banner.sh > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 283 Sep 11 09:52 > > > > /root/custom/scripts/banner.sh > > > > > > > > [ Node 2 | node-2 ] cat /root/custom/scripts/banner.sh > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > > > if [ ! -f /root/.banner_ok ] > > > > then > > > > RELEASE=$(cat /root/build_date) > > > > VERSION=$(cat /root/version) > > > > > > > > echo "Generating banner: $VERSION $RELEASE" > > > > sed s/VERSION/$VERSION/g /root/custom/banner > /etc/banner > > > > sed -i s/RELEASE/$RELEASE/g /etc/banner > > > > > > > > touch /root/.banner_ok > > > > fi > > > > > > > > [ Node 2 | node-2 ] echo "test" > /root/custom/scripts/banner.sh > > > > -ash: can't create /root/custom/scripts/banner.sh: nonexistent directory > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm also noticing other apps fail because /etc doesn't exists yet after > > > > UBIFS boot loading. > > > > these 2 issues were not seen on 4.14.68. > > > > > > > > The bootlog doesn't show any error: > > > > https://pastebin.com/raw/dJx47uBp > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm only seeing these issues on UBIFS enabled volumes. > > > > Reverting ("ubifs: xattr: Don't operate on deleted inodes") fixes these > > > > weird issues. > > Please see my answer to the other thread. > > Always keep the patch author on CC and don't start multiple threads for the > > same issue on two mailing lists. > > Yes, I didn't answer for three days, I had no internet connection... > > > Richard, > > I indeed posted here too as we passed the 3 days marker, and I noticed > 4.14.70 RC2 got staged. > Also, a lot of developers tend to ignore questions unless the initial > question got posted to the official mailinglist. > > Let's continue on the OpenWrt list as you propose, were the initial question > was raised. > > Apologies for the (double) noise. I will assume that if the resolution is that something needs to be done to the stable releases and a patch added/reverted, someone will eventually tell me? thanks, greg k-h
